Adrian Davies / Common dodder (Cuscuta epithymum) parasitising Gorse (Ulex europaeus), Devon, England, July.

Adrian Davies / Common dodder (Cuscuta epithymum) parasitising Gorse (Ulex europaeus), Devon, England, July.

Alex Hyde / Wasp spider female (Argiope bruennichi) female on gorse flowers, Thursley Common National Nature Reserve, Surrey, UK, August 2011.

Adrian Davies / Gorse (Ulex europaeus) burnt by heathland fire, Frensham Common, Surrey, England, UK. July 2010

Adrian Davies / Re-growth of Gorse (Ulex europaeus) on burnt Heathland, Frensham Common, Surrey, England, UK. July 2010

Dave Bevan / Common dodder (Cuscuta epithymum) growing over gorse bush, Wales, UK

Gary K. Smith / Common Gorse {Ulex europaeus} closely grazed into conical shapes by Rabbits {Oryctolagus cunniculus} Norfolk, UK, May

Gary K. Smith / Common Gorse {Ulex europaeus} in flower, Norfolk, UK, April

Gary K. Smith / Common Gorse {Ulex europaeus} flowering in Coastal heathland with Birch scrub encroachment, Norfolk, UK, April

Simon Colmer / Dwarf Gorse (Ulex minor) in flower, Steadham Common Nature Reserve, Sussex, UK

Chris Gomersall / Lowland acid heath habitat, showing gorse, birch and Scots pine, Frensham Common, Surrey, UK

Chris Gomersall / Lowland acid heath habitat, showing gorse, birch and Scots pine, Frensham Common, Surrey, UK

Adrian Davies / Common dodder {Cuscuta epithymum}, parasitic plant growing on Europen Gorse {Ulex europaeus} Devon, UK.

Adrian Davies / Common dodder {Cuscuta epithymum}, parasitic plant growing on Europen Gorse {Ulex europaeus} Devon, UK.

Colin Varndell / Common gorse {Ulex europaeus} portrait. UK.

Premaphotos / Common orb weaver spider (Meta / Metellina segmentata) male (right) courting a female in her web over the body of a fly, UK