Ginkgo
Scientific Name:Ginkgo biloba
Common Name Synonyms: Maidenhair Tree


NOTES: Unique fan-shaped leaves turn saffron yellow in autumn. Dioecious gymnosperm, female trees producing yellowish, putrid-smelling, fruit-like seeds. Only living species in the division Ginkgophyta, all others being extinct. Found in fossils dating back 270 million years. Native to China.

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Ginkgo
Genus species: Ginkgo biloba
Common Names: Ginkgo
Maidenhair Tree
Family Name: Ginkgoaceae  
Family of gymnosperms appearing during the Mesozoic Era, Ginkgo biloba being its only surviving member.
Seed Type: Gymnosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Nonnative
Category:Tree
CNC Habitat: Krippendorf Arboretum
Identified by:M. Wilcox

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