CATTON ARBORETUM
Gingko biloba
Common name: Maidenhair Fern
Year planted: 2020
Country of origin: Zhejian and Guizhou province China
Year introduced: 1689
Description: Ginkgo is the only surviving species of the plant order which dominated the tree flora 150 to 200 million years ago and was thought to have become extinct before the last ice age until rediscovered in China. It is deciduous with leaves shaped like ducks feet and male and female flowers which occur on separate trees. Can grow to 40m with corky ridged bark, but generally smaller. Used as a herbal medicine.
what3words: reclusive.uttering.scariest
Tree number: 26
Year planted: 2020
Country of origin: Zhejian and Guizhou province China
Year introduced: 1689
Description: Ginkgo is the only surviving species of the plant order which dominated the tree flora 150 to 200 million years ago and was thought to have become extinct before the last ice age until rediscovered in China. It is deciduous with leaves shaped like ducks feet and male and female flowers which occur on separate trees. Can grow to 40m with corky ridged bark, but generally smaller. Used as a herbal medicine.
what3words: reclusive.uttering.scariest
Tree number: 26
