Talk:Buxus sempervirens

Leaf life span (LLS)
If this helps: I was looking at this paper and saw that the leaf life span for the Buxus sempervirens, Buxaceae is 488 ± 28.6 (days). States: "This study was conducted in Mediterranean old-fields over a 4-yr period on 42 species differing in successional status."

"Leaf life span, dynamics and construction cost of species from Mediterranean old-fields differing in successional status" Marie-Laure Navas, Béatrice Ducout, Catherine Roumet, Jean Richarte, Joël Garnier, Eric Garnier. New Phytologist, Volume 159, Issue 1, pages 213–228, July 2003. Article first published online: 12 JUN 2003 DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00790.x http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00790.x/full

Thank you, Wordreader (talk) 17:22, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

Etymology of name?
Is it called 'box' because it's good wood for cabinetry? Or, because as a topiary it's often cut into a box shape? Or is the english name 'box' simply derived from latin Buxus? Thanks98.244.77.202 (talk) 17:40, 21 July 2014 (UTC)


 * "The common name of boxwood is in reference to the prior use of the wood to make carved decorative boxes. Another etymology is that boxwood describes the quadrangular (square box cross section) stems of young plants." from https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/all/buxus-microphylla-var-japonica-borderline/  107.77.204.72 (talk) 03:20, 4 June 2019 (UTC)

Plagues affecting buxus
The article lacks a reference to plagues affecting buxus: blight and caterpillars: https://www.gardenworld.co.uk/case-study/2017/how-to-keep-buxus-healthy/ —AnnaBruta (talk) 18:24, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

To add to article
To add to this article: a photo (or photos) of the wood, and/or something made out of the wood. 173.88.246.138 (talk) 10:46, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

Wood Work
i enjoy wood work as well. Did you get many photos for comparison? Paper Airplanes 711 (talk) 03:02, 6 March 2024 (UTC)