Arkansas Tree Database

Scientific name:

Ginkgo Biloba

Size:

75' tall by 60' wide, up to 100' tall

Leaves:

alternate, simple, in clusters of 3-5; distinctively fan-shaped, webbed leaf

Flowers:

inconspicuous

Fruit:

1" plum-like, very foul-smelling; avoid planting female trees in the landscape

Fall Interest:

excellent clear yellow; deciduous

Culture:

sun to partial sun; moist, well-drained soil; very tough tree, with good resistance to air pollution

Disease/Insect:

none

Use:

good urban tree, street tree, lawn tree

Cultivars:

Notes:

also known as maidenhair tree because of similarity of its leaves to maidenhair fern leaves; the ginkgo family has only this one genus and species, basically unchanged from fossils over 150 million years old; native to China but probably extinct in the wild