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Buxus sempervirens, the common box, European box, orboxwood, is a 辞蹿听in the genus聽, 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.of western聽and B. hyrcana of northern and eastern Caucasus are commonly treated as synonyms of B. sempervirens.
Buxus sempervirensis an聽or small聽growing up to 1 to9 m(3 to30 ft) tall, with a trunk up to 20 centimetres (8in) in diameter (exceptionally to 10m tall and 45cm diameter). Arranged in opposite pairs along the stems, the leaves are green to yellow-green, oval, 1.5鈥�3cm long, and 0.5鈥�1.3cm broad. The聽 are inconspicuous but highly scented, greenish-yellow, with no petals, and are insect pollinated; the聽is a three-lobed聽containing 3-6 seeds.
The species typically grows on soils derived from聽,听, usually as an understorey in forests of larger trees, most commonly associated with European beech () forests, but also sometimes in open dry montane scrub, particularly in the Mediterranean region.聽is named after its notable box population, which comprises the largest area of native box woodland in England.
The species is locally聽in parts 辞蹿听.
