[Shrubs of Mt. Adams Country]

Oregon Boxleaf, Oregon Boxwood

Pachistima myrsinites

Synonyms: Ilex myrsinites, Myginda myrtifolia, Oreophila myrtifolia, Pachistima myrsinites, Paxistima myrsinites ssp. mexicana

Flowers of Oregon Boxleaf, Oregon Boxwood: Paxistima myrsinites (Synonyms: Ilex myrsinites, Myginda myrtifolia, Oreophila myrtifolia, Pachistima myrsinites, Paxistima myrsinites ssp. mexicana)

The photo above shows the unusual flowers of Oregon boxwood as seen at about 4100' at the DNR rock quarry on the ridgetop dividing Dairy and Cougar Creeks on the southeast side of Mt. Adams........June 11, 2005.

Oregon Boxleaf, Oregon Boxwood: Paxistima myrsinites (Synonyms: Ilex myrsinites, Myginda myrtifolia, Oreophila myrtifolia, Pachistima myrsinites, Paxistima myrsinites ssp. mexicana)

The photo above shows a close-up sideview of an upper branch of Oregon boxwood as seen near the summit of King Mt. several miles to the south of Mt. Adams. The plants shown were growing in the middle of a large boulder field on the south-facing slopes of King Mt.........May 13, 2007.

Oregon Boxleaf, Oregon Boxwood: Paxistima myrsinites (Synonyms: Ilex myrsinites, Myginda myrtifolia, Oreophila myrtifolia, Pachistima myrsinites, Paxistima myrsinites ssp. mexicana)

The photo above shows a close-up of the leaves and axillary flowers of Oregon boxwood as seen near the summit of King Mt. several miles to the south of Mt. Adams. The plants shown were growing in the middle of a large boulder field on the south-facing slopes of King Mt.........May 13, 2007.

Leaves of Oregon Boxleaf, Oregon Boxwood: Paxistima myrsinites (Synonyms: Ilex myrsinites, Myginda myrtifolia, Oreophila myrtifolia, Pachistima myrsinites, Paxistima myrsinites ssp. mexicana)


Leafy branch of Oregon Boxleaf, Oregon Boxwood: Paxistima myrsinites (Synonyms: Ilex myrsinites, Myginda myrtifolia, Oreophila myrtifolia, Pachistima myrsinites, Paxistima myrsinites ssp. mexicana)


Paul Slichter