We’ve been blessed with more than a few ginkgos in our
Brooklyn neighborhood of Park Slope.
It has a wonderful history, with a punk yellow color of Sex
Pistols splendor.
Here’s the “nut” graf:
“An abundance of fossils record that the ginkgo tree was
among the fauna and flora of North America that were glaciated out and
effectively driven into extinction on the continent by the Ice Age. (Talk about
a native tree!) … Scientists now know that the ginkgo biloba tree or its
ancestors have existed on earth for 250 million years, longer than any other
tree now living.”
They aren’t everywhere, the ginkgos … But next time you see
one, bow down. Not only have they outlived everything else on earth, individual
trees have been know to live for centuries … (Two famous 18th
century ginkgos – one in Utrech, the other in Kew Gardens, are still alive
today.)
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Your Life: How’s About “Ducks, Newburyport”?
