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Buxus sempervirens L.

European boxwood, True boxwood; Common box; box; boj

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
Deutsch Immergrüner Buchs; Türkischer Buchsbaum, Echtes Buchsholz
English European boxwood, True boxwood; Common box; box; boj;
Français Buis
Italiano Bosso
Suomi Immergrüner Buchs; Türkischer Buchsbaum, Echtes Buchsholz
Norsk Immergrüner Buchs; Türkischer Buchsbaum, Echtes Buchsholz
Čeština Immergrüner Buchs; Türkischer Buchsbaum, Echtes Buchsholz
Español Immergrüner Buchs; Türkischer Buchsbaum, Echtes Buchsholz
Svenska Immergrüner Buchs; Türkischer Buchsbaum, Echtes Buchsholz
Polski Immergrüner Buchs; Türkischer Buchsbaum, Echtes Buchsholz
Український Immergrüner Buchs; Türkischer Buchsbaum, Echtes Buchsholz
Român Immergrüner Buchs; Türkischer Buchsbaum, Echtes Buchsholz
Русский Immergrüner Buchs; Türkischer Buchsbaum, Echtes Buchsholz
Български Immergrüner Buchs; Türkischer Buchsbaum, Echtes Buchsholz
EESTI Immergrüner Buchs; Türkischer Buchsbaum, Echtes Buchsholz
日本語 Immergrüner Buchs; Türkischer Buchsbaum, Echtes Buchsholz
Other names simsir (TR), Turks palmhout (NL)

Further information

Intkey
InfoFlora
COL
Wikipedia
FSC
Label Swiss Wood
Lignapool
Xylotheque

Origin

Geographic Regions Mittelmeergebiet; Northern Africa; Mittlerer Osten
States and Territories Austria; Belgium; Luxembourg; England; Channel Isl. [I]; Germany (Baden-Württemberg, Bayern [I], Hessen [I], Rheinland-Pfalz, Schleswig-Holstein [I]); Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Romania [I]; Portugal [I]; Spain; France; Corsica; Italy; Hungary; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Slovenia; Croatia; Slovakia; Albania; Greece; Libya; Algeria; Morocco; European Russia; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Azerbaijan (incl. Talysh); Turkmenistan; Taiwan [I]; Uzbekistan [I]; Ecuador [I]; Bolivia [I]; Turkey (Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia); Iran (N-Iran); Azores [I] (Sao Miguel Isl. [I], Faial [I], Flores Isl. [I]); USA [I] (North Carolina [I], New York [I], Ohio [I], Pennsylvania [I], Rhode Island [I], Tennessee [I], Virginia [I], West Virginia [I]); New Zealand [I]
[I] = Introduced
Swiss wood Native in Switzerland (Label Swiss Wood)

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Buxales
Family Buxaceae
Genus Buxus
Species sempervirens
Author citation L.
Scientific name Buxus sempervirens L.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

Containers zerstreutporig
Intkey https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/buxbusem.htm

Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Growth ring boundaries clearly recognizable
Heartwood without color stripes
Strip in the heartwood Ohne Farbstreifen
Color heartwood gelb bis hell

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC

Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 0.79-0.92-0.97 kg/m3

Areas of application

art objects

Appearances

Wood

European boxwood, True boxwood; Common box; box; boj

BXSM , 55x115mm , ©Silvano Schmid

European boxwood, True boxwood; Common box; box; boj

BXSM , 74x40mm ,

European boxwood, True boxwood; Common box; box; boj

Buxus sempervirens , ©Dennis Wilson

Leaves

European boxwood, True boxwood; Common box; box; boj

BXSM , Zweig, 2, IMG, 6192 ,

European boxwood, True boxwood; Common box; box; boj

BXSM , Zweig, IMG, 6191 ,

Branch

European boxwood, True boxwood; Common box; box; boj

BXSM , Branch , ©Dennis Wilson

European boxwood, True boxwood; Common box; box; boj

BXSM , Branch , ©Dennis Wilson