LA Urban Forest Program

This is a tree identification guide for Earthwatch's Urban Forest program in Los Angeles, CA.

Combining community action and volunteering, the Urban Forest Program is helping volunteers make a contribution to local environmental management plans and scientific research, by tracking the ...more ↓

Maidenhair Tree

Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba; in Chinese and Japanese 銀杏, pinyin romanization: yín xìng, Hepburn romanization: ichō or ginnan), also spelled gingko and also known as the maidenhair tree, is a unique species of tree with no close living relatives. The ginkgo is a living fossil, recognisably similar to fossils dating back 270 million years. ...more ↓

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