Fauna Fun Fact Friday

On this weeks fact we will be talking about the historic Gingko Tree

Fun Fauna Fact Friday

This weeks fact is going to be about our favourite tree, which is also our logo, Ginkgo biloba. These trees are considered to be living fossils as they date back to over 350 million years ago. Their leaves are also thought to provide medicinal benefits, as they contain ginkgolides.

What is even more interesting about ginkgo trees is that are they are classified as conifers. Conifers are mostly recognised by the fact that they don’t loose their leaves so are evergreen and that they produce cones. Examples of conifers are Scotts Pine (Pinus sylvestris), Blue Cedar (Cedrus Atlantica ‘Glauca’) and Noble Fir (Abies nobilis).

So the Gingko is a very unusual confier as it looses it leaves in the autumn (deciduous) and also doesn’t bare cones, but fruit (which smells like off butter).

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