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Taxon
Ginkgo
biloba
'Kew'
Image: Ecker, Michael E. - The Dawes Arboretum
Common name:
Kew ginkgo
Family:
Ginkgoaceae (ginkgo family)
Distribution:
Species native to e. China
Hardiness:
USDA Zone 4
Life form:
Deciduous tree
Comments:
A dwarf form of ginkgo originating from a 200-year-old specimen in Kew Gardens, England. A male form, growing to 10' tall or less. Deciduous leaves are characteristically 2-lobed, fan-shaped and held in whorls on short spur-like branches. Its medium green summer foliage takes on a clean, yellow but ephemeral fall color.
Locations
1:
GIN: CH18
(CH18)
• Accession: D1994-0737.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
2:
SEC: AU27
(AU27)
• Accession: D2003-0096.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
Area
Individual