Horticulture 221
Identification Characteristics - Tree List #2
J. E. Klett

GINKGOACEAE

Ginkgo biloba - Ginkgo

Leaves - Alternate, simple, in clusters of 3-5 on spurs, fan-shaped, dichotomously veined, more
             or less incised or divided at the apex, 2-3” across.

Buds - Imbricate, mounded, often acute, brownish, borne on spur growth.

Stem - Stout, light brown 1st year, becoming gray with stringy peeling bark.

Bark - Ridged and furrowed, ridges - flat-grayish, furrows are blackish.

Fruit - Fleshy fruit found only on females, it is messy and unpleasant smelling.

      
                             HABIT                                                                                         WINTER TEXTURE                                                                    FALL COLOR
      
                LEAF                                                                     BARK                                                                                           BUDS AND STEMS
Ginkgo biloba 'Fastigiata'
                  HABIT