ENTS, I have just uploaded a picture to the file page of brilliant Maidenhair ( Ginkgo ) leaves with Willow Oak leaves. The ground under the male tree was covered in brilliant yellow leaves mixed with the leaves from a nearby Willow Oak. Another male tree which I just noticed is on the other side of the churchyard. The big female Ginkgo tree still has almost all of it's leaves and they are just now really turning. The picture makes a really good computer background wallpaper. Feel free to download it and use it as a background if you wish.
James P. On Nov 4, 3:57 am, James Parton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
