Oregon Boxleaf, Oregon Boxwood, Mountain Lover
Paxistima myrsinites
Synonyms: Ilex myrsinites, Myginda myrtifolia, Oreophila myrtifolia, Pachistima myrsinites, Pachystima myrsinites, Paxistima myrsinites ssp. mexicana
![Oregon Boxleaf, Oregon Boxwood, Mountain Lover: Paxistima myrsinites (Synonym: Ilex myrsinites, Myginda myrtifolia, Oreophila myrtifolia, Pachistima myrsinites, Pachystima myrsinites, Paxistima myrsinites ssp. mexicana)](../../../../cascade/4petal/stafftree/pachistima/myrsinites/myrsinites5a.jpg)
Oregon boxwood blooming along a trail near Tamanawas Falls, Mount Hood National Forest.........May 25, 2014.
![Oregon Boxleaf, Oregon Boxwood, Mountain Lover: Paxistima myrsinites (Synonym: Ilex myrsinites, Myginda myrtifolia, Oreophila myrtifolia, Pachistima myrsinites, Pachystima myrsinites, Paxistima myrsinites ssp. mexicana)](../../../../cascade/mtadams/4/stafftree/pachistimaflwr.jpg)
The photo above shows a close-up of several
of the flowers of Oregon boxwood as seen at the Snipes Mt. Trail #11 Trailhead
at an elevation of about 3810'.............May 7, 2005.
![Leaves of Oregon Boxleaf, Oregon Boxwood, Mountain Lover: Paxistima myrsinites (Synonym: Ilex myrsinites, Myginda myrtifolia, Oreophila myrtifolia, Pachistima myrsinites, Pachystima myrsinites, Paxistima myrsinites ssp. mexicana)](../../../../cascade/mtadams/4/stafftree/pachistimalf.jpg)
The photo above shows a close-up of the leaves
of Oregon boxwood as seen at the Snipes Mt. Trail #11 Trailhead at an elevation
of about 3810'.............May 7, 2005.
Paul Slichter