Ginkgo

(Ginkgo biloba)

Ginkgoaceae (Ginkgo Family)

▲▼ leaves 

▲ trunk and bark 

▲ trees survived 2007 ice storm in Springfield, MO with little to moderate damage

Location on Missouri State University campus: northeast corner of Carrington Hall

Ginkgo biloba: Ginkgo

·         leaves alternate or in clusters on corky branch spurs, simple, deciduous, fan-shaped with parallel veins; light to medium green in color and glabrous, 2-3" wide and long

·         stems light brown, stout, with dark spurs on older stems

·         bark light brown, shallowly furrowed

·         grows 50-80' tall and 2/3 to equally wide, habit can be upright oval to pyramidal to rounded

·         dioecious; fleshy coating around naked seed has very bad odorC should only plant male trees for urban landscapes