Ginkgo
Ginkgo biloba

Address: 1251 Peralta
District: Niles
Shinn Historic Park
Origin: Asia
Type: other?
Leaf: deciduous
Comments:
Deciduous, native of China, dating back to the Carboniferous Age of the earth. Fan shaped leaves turn golden yellow in autumn and fall all at one to make a golden carpet. Tree at Shinn Park was planted in approximately 1876.
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Illustration by Phillip Eaker

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