Japanese Pachysandra (Pachysandra terminalis Siebold & Zucc.)
↑Summary
An evergreeen perennial native to East Asia, and widely planted in North America as a ground-cover. Frequently escapes to forested areas adjacent to suburbs and human development.
↑Range - Expand
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| Introduced | |
| Introduced or Not Present |
This tentative map is based on our own research. It may have limited data on Canada and/or Mexico, and there is some subjectivity in our assignment of plants as introduced vs. expanded. Read more in this blog post.
Although this plant occurs somewhere in each of these regions, it may only occur in a small part of some or all of them.
↑Uses
Widely used as a groundcover, where it is valued for its tolerance of a wide range of conditions, the fact that it effectively keeps out most other plants, and the fact that it does not climb things like English ivy.
Its usage as a landscaping plant in North America is decreasing as people are beginning to favor native plants and view this as an invasive species.
↑Related Plants
The closely-related Allegheny Spurge (Pachysandra procumbens) is native to a small range in North America from Kentucky south into Alabama and Mississippi; it is less consistently evergreen, usually deciduous or semi-evergreen in mild winters.
The broader Buxaceae family also includes several Buxus species, all of which are introduced in North America, although there are two species native to Puerto Rico.
↑Links & External Resources
• Pachysandra terminalis (Japanese Pachysandra) | Illinois Wildflowers (About This Site)
• Pachysandra terminalis (Japanese Pachysandra) | USDA PLANTS Database (About This Site)
• Pachysandra terminalis | Go Botany (About This Site)
• Pachysandra terminalis (Japanese Pachysandra) | Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder (About This Site)
• Japanese Pachysandra | Virginia Tech Dendrology Factsheets (About This Site)
• Pachysandra terminalis | Biota of North America Project (BONAP) (About This Site)
• Pachysandra terminalis | NatureServe Explorer (About This Site)
• Pachysandra terminalis | Flora of North America (About This Site)
• Japanese Pachysandra | Maryland Biodiversity Project (About This Site)
• Pachysandra terminalis Sieb. & Zucc. (Pachysandra, Japanese-spurge) | Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora (About This Site)
