Thursday, October 28, 2010

a living fossil

Identify the tree



It is also known as the Maidenhair Tree.Ginkgo is a unique species of tree with no close living relatives. The ginkgo is classified in its own division, the Ginkgophyta, comprising the single class Ginkgoopsida, order Ginkgoales, family Ginkgoaceae, genus Ginkgo and is the only extant species within this group.

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