Buxus microphylla
Japanese box · also Littleleaf box, Japanese boxwood, Littleleaf boxwood
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Buxus microphylla, also known as Japanese box or littleleaf box, is a dwarf evergreen shrub or small tree growing to 1 m tall and wide. It is native to Japan and Taiwan and thrives in temperate climates.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 5790.26%—2.5 in
- 30.00%——
No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.
Traits
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 3.3 ft
- Canopy spread
- 3.3 ft
Trunk diameters across every city: median 2.5 in, mean 2.5 in, 90th percentile 3.5 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Nihonkai evergreen forests
- Taiheiyo evergreen forests
Other Buxus in the catalogue
3 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
