Ginkgo Biloba

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NAMING

Scientific Name:Ginkgo biloba
Family: Ginkgoaceae
Common: Ginkgo

HABITAT

Non-native, non-invasive
Habitat: Originally China, then extinct, then everywhere
Range:

TREE TRUNK

Size: 100 ft, 2500+ years
Bark: smooth, slightly tissued

LEAVES

Deciduous
simple
alternate
“fan shape” (not always)
cleft in the middle for pair of lobes
almost parallel venation
glaborous above and below

Ancient trees, found in fossils

REPRODUCTION

Flowers: dioecious male and female trees
Fruit:

USES

Commercial – ornamental, memory supplement

TOLERANCES

Fire – low
Flood – no
Shade – no
Salt – no
Air pollution – high