Michigan Trees: A Handbook of the Native and Most Important Introduced Species

by Charles Herbert Otis

2. Leaf, × 1/2.

3. Staminate flowering branchlet, × 1/2.

4. Staminate flower, enlarged.

5. Pistillate flower, enlarged.

6. Fruit, × 1.

GINKGOACEAE

Ginkgo.[C] Maidenhair Tree

Ginkgo biloba L. [Salisburia adiantifolia Smith]

HABIT.—A slender tree in youth, with slender, upright branches, becoming broader with age and forming a symmetrical, pyramidal crown; probably 60-80 feet high, with a trunk diameter of 2-4 feet.