Cytisus scoparius (Linnaeus 1753) Link 1822 (Family Fabaceae)


Plant

Leaves

Flower

Fruit

Height: 40-250cm, Age: <20 yr
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering May - July (Earliest: 14.4)

Protective Chemicals
Quinolizidine Alkaloids Lupanine, Sparteine
Flavonoids Scoparin
Other Phenolics Tannins

Biotopes:
Heath and Moorland

Hedge Rows
Flower Visitors:
Several Apidae

Several Syrphidae

Siphona ingerae
Seed Dispersal: Projection
Parasites:
Ascochyta kabatiana

Uromyces pisi-sativi

Aurantiporus fissilis

Micrurapteryx kollariella Larva (Leaf Mine)

Pirapion immune Larva (Stem Gall)
Herbivores:
Callophrys rubi Larva

Celastrina argiolus Larva

Many Geometridae

Several Noctuidae

Agonopterix assimilella Larva

Agonopterix nervosa Larva

Phragmatobia fuliginosa Larva

Sitochroa verticalis Larva

Lasiocampa quercus

Anarsia spartiella Larva

Leucoptera spartifoliella Larva

Several Tenthredinidae Larvae

Several Curculionidae

Gonioctena olivacea
Sapivores:
Several Aphididae

Many Miridae

Gargara genistae

Piezodorus lituratus

Arytaina genistae

Arytainilla spartiophila

Aphrophora alni
Florivores:
Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Larva

Elaphria venustula Larva

Mirificarma interrupta Larva

Mirificarma mulinella
Granivores:
Cydia succedana Larva

Bruchidius villosus Larva

Bruchus atomarius Larva

Tychius parallelus Larva

Heterocordylus tibialis

Closterotomus biclavatus
Nests:
Saxicola rubicola
Wood Decomposers:
Tremella mesenterica

Angiosperm Generalists

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Broom


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