Flax-leaved Broom (Genista linifolia) (Nox)

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Scientific name: Genista linifolia L.
Photo: Flax-leaved Broom
Flax-leaved Broom

Common name:
Flax-leaved broom

Status:
Regionally Prohibited in the North East and East Gippsland CMAs.
Regionally Controlled in the Wimmera, Corangamite, Port Phillip & Westernport (East and West) and West Gippsland CMAs.
Restricted in the Mallee, North Central, Glenelg-Hopkins and Goulburn Broken CMAs.

Habitat:
Warm-temperate regions, growing on slightly acidic soils in areas with moderate rainfall (Parsons and Cuthbertson 1992). Flax-leaved broom invades dry coastal vegetation, heathland and heathy woodland, lowland grassland and grassy woodland, dry sclerophyll forest and woodland, damp sclerophyll forest and riparian vegetation (Carr et al 1992).

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Scientific name:	Genista linifolia L.	Flax-leaved Broom
Common name:	Flax-leaved broom
Status:	Regionally Prohibited in the North East and East Gippsland CMAs. Regionally Controlled in the Wimmera, Corangamite, Port Phillip & Westernport (East and West) and West Gippsland CMAs. Restricted in the Mallee, North Central, Glenelg-Hopkins and Goulburn Broken CMAs.
Habitat:	Warm-temperate regions, growing on slightly acidic soils in areas with moderate rainfall (Parsons and Cuthbertson 1992). Flax-leaved broom invades dry coastal vegetation, heathland and heathy woodland, lowland grassland and grassy woodland, dry sclerophyll forest and woodland, damp sclerophyll forest and riparian vegetation (Carr et al 1992).