Ginkgo biloba, the sole survivor of the ancient Ginkgoales family, has roots stretching back an astounding 270 million years. Its distinctive fan-shaped leaves, with their characteristic bi-lobed ...

Howard Garrett / Special Contributor The ginkgo trees in North Texas put on a good show this fall, and that has led to many questions about this prehistoric tree. I have arguably the fastest-growing ...

"The tree that survived Hiroshima," "prehistoric tree," "living fossil"... Ginkgo biloba has been given many labels, not always accurate, which overshadow one of its greatest peculiarities: its ...

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“The ginkgo tree is from the era of dinosaurs, but while the dinosaur has been extinguished, the modern ginkgo has not changed. After the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, the ginkgo was the first tree that ...

Ginkgo trees are No. 3 on my list of favorite trees, behind native madrone and oak. I thought about that when I saw some new ceramic labels for plant names or other messages. They're shaped like a ...

Most visitors who approach the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio in Oak Park notice two things about the prominent ginkgo tree outside, said preservation architect Karen Sweeney: its size and its ...