{"id":232,"date":"2025-09-25T18:31:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T22:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/hadwen-arboretum\/?p=232"},"modified":"2025-09-25T18:31:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T22:31:23","slug":"ginkgo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/hadwen-arboretum\/trees\/ginkgo\/","title":{"rendered":"Ginkgo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns sidebar is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em>Ginkgo biloba<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-intro\">The Ginkgo, a \u201cliving fossil,\u201d has been around since the lower Jurassic period and is the last surviving species in the order Ginkgoales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group boxout has-light-green-background-color has-background is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Location<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Though Hadwen\u2019s original Ginkgo tree has been lost over the years, a replacement was planted in 2021 and can be found just off the Larch Lane trail, near the Stonewall Cutoff Trail entrance.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/hadwen-arboretum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/ginkgo-leaf.jpg\" alt=\"Ginkgo Tree leaves\" class=\"wp-image-234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/hadwen-arboretum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/ginkgo-leaf.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/hadwen-arboretum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/ginkgo-leaf-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/hadwen-arboretum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/ginkgo-leaf-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:4rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull section-intro has-light-warm-gray-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"background-image:url(&apos;https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/hadwen-arboretum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/ginkgo-tree.jpg&apos;);background-position:50% 50%;background-size:cover;\" class=\"wp-block-group padded lifted has-white-background-color has-background wp-container-content-69bc4bdf is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:25.625rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group padded has-charcoal-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1f7fe5a44f41356e6136efbaaeb77817 is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">History at Hadwen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"intro has-medium-font-size\">In 1900, the Ginkgo tree was among many of the deciduous trees growing on Hadwen\u2019s farm. By 1971, a preliminary report on trees in the arboretum doesn\u2019t record a Gingko on the property, indicating that the tree he planted had died prior to this point. It is suspected that, combined with a general lack of care over the arboretum, many of the trees were lost during severe weather events such as hurricane Donna in 1960.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group section is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div style=\"color:var(--clarku-color-green)\" class=\"eyebrow  has-text-align-left\">Keep learning<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Detailed species information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Ginkgo, also known as the maidenhair tree, is a deciduous tree and the last living species in the order Ginkgoales native to China. The genus Ginkgo has been around for 290 million years and although it is endangered in the wild, the ginkgo tree has been widely cultivated throughout human history. These large trees typically reach a height of 66\u2013115 feet (20\u201335 meters) but can grow much taller. The Ginkgo is a remarkably long-lived species with some specimens reportedly living over 2500 years. This ability to live for extended periods is likely due to ginkgo\u2019s resistance to diseases and insects as well as the ability to form aerial roots. The distinct leaves of the Ginkgo are green and fan-shaped with veins radiating out from the stem. In the fall the leaves turn bright yellow and fall from the tree within two weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ginkgo was long thought to be extinct in the wild but it was discovered that wild ginkgo still grows in the Zhejiang province in eastern China in deciduous forests with acidic, well-drained, and fine-textured soils. The majority of Ginkgos growing today are cultivated and Ginkgos are prized for landscaping and street trees due to their unique appearance and their tolerance to urban conditions. Most cultivated ginkgos are male. 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