Buxus sempervirens
Also known as common boxwood, boxwood, common box, European box
species of plant
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Buxus sempervirens, commonly known as boxwood, is a small evergreen shrub with dense foliage that stays green year-round. It's widely used in gardens and landscaping for hedges, borders, and ornamental shapes, making it one of the most popular decorative plants in temperate regions.
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Species
Least ConcernBuxus sempervirens
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderBuxales
- FamilyBuxaceae
Native toAlbania, Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Corse, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Iran, Italy, Libya
Common Name: Abkhasian boxwood
via GBIF · IUCN · Kew POWO
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Buxus sempervirens, the common box, European box, or boxwood, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Buxus, native to western and southern Europe, northwest Africa, and southwest Asia, from southern England south to northern Morocco, and east through the northern Mediterranean region to Turkey. Buxus colchica of western Caucasus and B. hyrcana of northern Iran and eastern Caucasus are commonly treated as synonyms of B. sempervirens.
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