Ginkgo

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 odor--should only plant male trees for urban landscapes
• prefers full sun, deep, well-drained