Buxus sempervirens L.
Detail
- Family
- Buxaceae
- Botanical Name
- Buxus sempervirens L.
- Common Name
- Common Boxwood
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Not in Flora of Virginia
- Comments
- Weakly escaped, at best, in Virginia.
- Habitat
- This evergreen Eurasian shrub has been much planted in eastern North American gardens and landscapes. In Virginia, it can be found occasionally persisting, producing numerous seedlings, and slowly spreading in secondary forests around long-abandoned home sites.
- Native Status
- Introduced
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