ENTS, To add. The big Gingko tree was female! While examining the tree I found what at first I thought were persimmons near it and was wondering where the persimmon tree was, then it hit me, this was the fruit of the gingko tree. It was affirmed by the strong smell of the fruit and the large seed within. I collected some of the fruit for the seed and will give them to my dad to plant. Most of the trees that are planted are male since many people don't like the smelly messy fruit. I guess " Maidenhair " tree really fits this tree since it is female. The second gingko tree was male.
James. On Nov 1, 10:32 pm, James Parton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ENTS, > > Yesterday on Halloween I visited the Calvary Episcopal Church Cemetery in > Fletcher NC which has some really nice old trees. This is a follow-up visit > to a trip I made earlier this year. During that trip I had three trees I > could not id and during this return the trees still had leaves on them which > will aid my identification of them. Two of them turned out to be really nice > Maidenhair ( Gingko Biloba ) trees. The first one is the largest I have ever > seen. The second is significantly smaller but still of good size. The third > one was a tree with large semi-glossy leaves in which I cannot identify. A > nice Hickory was measured here as was the Dawn Redwood which as Will stated > to me earlier in the year is smaller than the Biltmore redwood. The Biltmore > Redwood is about 117 feet tall versus 101 for the Calvary redwood. The > Hickory was identified as a Pignut by it's leaves and pear-shaped nut. > http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/north_carolina/calvary_ch... > http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/north_carolina/biltmore/e... > > > Gingko 11' 1 3/4" cbh 80.69 feet tall > > Dawn Redwood 101. 83 feet tall > > Pignut Hickory 8' 8 1/3" cbh 87.68 feet tall > > > The picture of the Gingko was taken on the spring trip earlier this year. > > > James Parton > > Gingko.jpg > 77KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org You are subscribed to the Google Groups "ENTSTrees" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
