Ginkgo leaves fall later in late ‘fall’
by Lewis, 20 November, 2018, 1 comments
Ginkgo biloba or the maidenhair tree is unusual in many respects. It is often described as ‘a living fossil” - as is the horseshoe crab and the coelacanth . Ginkgo is a long lived, deciduous tree with distinctive leaves. The leaves are fan shaped (jpg adjacent), but notched or divided - forming two lobes (hence biloba) The leaf veins radiate out into the leaf blade from the leaf stalk - but do not form a network. Two veins enter the leaf at its base and these split into two again and again. This is known as dichotomous venation (see image). The leaves can be between two and four inches long, and have a long, slender petiole (leaf stalk). Apart from their physical appearance, the leaves of Ginkgo are unusual in term of the autumnal leaf drop. Read more...
