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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)
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? Thanks 98.244.77.202 ( talk) 17:40, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
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 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)
i enjoy wood work as well. Did you get many photos for comparison? Paper Airplanes 711 ( talk) 03:02, 6 March 2024 (UTC)