Taxon

Ginkgo biloba 'Jehoshaphat'

 
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Ginkgo biloba 'Jehoshaphat' - Jehoshaphat ginkgo
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Common name: Jehoshaphat ginkgo
Family: Ginkgoaceae (ginkgo family)
Synonym: Ginkgo biloba (witches broom #86), Ginkgo biloba 'Spring Grove'
Distribution: Species native to e. China
Hardiness: USDA Zone 4
Life form: Deciduous tree
Comments: A selection of a witches'-broom found at the Spring Grove Arboretum in Cincinnati, OH. Growth is very slow and it is an extremely dwarf form, forming a short, broom-like specimen with a somewhat globose to bun shape with little lateral branching, consisting instead of shortened, spur-like appendages. The name refers to a character in Par Lagerkvist's book The Dwarf. A Dawes Arboretum Introduction
Links: American Conifer Society Database • MrGinkgo.com • RHS Horticultural Database • The Dawes Arboretum- Plant Introductions

Locations

  • 1: CON: CO10 (CO10) • Accession: D1995-0009.003 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 2: VCA: AU14 (AU14) • Accession: D2005-0204.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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