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Ginkgo biloba
A non-flowering "fossil" tree species with no living close relatives. Originally a widespread genus, the present remaining species was confined to a small area of present day China by about 2 million years ago. The only known relic wild populations are two in the Tianmushan reserve in Zhejiang province. Today the species is found as an ornamental with its famous fan-shaped leaves in Asia, North America and Europe. Only in Asia has it achieved some naturalization. The species is very resilient and some trees even survived in the wake of the atomic blast in Hiroshima. The species has edible and medicinal properties.
Donald J. Hall Sculpture Park, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri.
Spotted on Jul 9, 2014
Submitted on Nov 23, 2014
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