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Buxus sempervirens is an evergreen shrub or small tree growing 1 to 9 m (3 to 30 ft) tall, with a trunk up to 20 centimetres (8 in) in diameter (exceptionally to 10 m tall and 45 cm diameter [6]).
Common names include box and boxwood. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The boxes are native to western and southern Europe, southwest, southern and eastern Asia, Africa, Madagascar, northernmost South America, Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean, with the majority of species being tropical or subtropical; only the European and some Asian species are ...
Living sculpture is any type of sculpture that is created with living, growing grasses, vines, plants or trees.It can be functional and/or ornamental. There are several different types of living sculpture techniques, including topiary (prune plants or train them over frames), sod works (create sculptures using soil and grass or moss), tree shaping (growing designs with living trees) and mowing ...
Netherlandish, early 16th century. Height: 3 cm (1.2 in). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gothic boxwood miniatures are very small Christian-themed wood sculptures produced during the 15th and 16th centuries in the Low Countries, at the end of the Gothic period and during the emerging Northern Renaissance. [2]
The Samban-Lei Sekpil in Manipur, India, begun in 1983 and recently measuring 18.6 m (61 ft) in height, is the world's tallest topiary, according to Guinness Book of World Records. It is clipped of Duranta erecta , a shrub widely used in Manipuri gardens, into a tiered shape called a sekpil or satra that honours the forest god Umang Lai.
Height restriction laws are laws that restrict the maximum height of structures. There are a variety of reasons for these measures. There are a variety of reasons for these measures. Some restrictions serve aesthetic values, such as blending in with other housing and not obscuring important landmarks.
The shortgrass prairie is an ecosystem located in the Great Plains of North America.The two most dominant grasses in the shortgrass prairie are blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis) and buffalograss (Bouteloua dactyloides), the two less dominant grasses in the prairie are greasegrass (Tridens flavus) and sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula).
The American Volunteer "Old Simon" 6.55: 21.5: Carl Conrads George Keller (architect) 1876 installed 1880: Antietam National Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Maryland: solid granite: Stands upon a 7 m (23 ft) pedestal. Total monument height: 13.55 m (44.5 ft)