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user-inactivated · 1548 days ago · link · · parent · post: Ginkgo trees nearly went extinct: These ancient trees persisted for nearly 200 million years until they all but vanished. Now they line city streets.
I think there's well over a hundred ginkgos planted throughout my city, I almost feel like they're getting a bit overused. My street got a new tree row of ginkgos last year. The oldest individual around here was planted almost a hundred years ago. I've only seen females used (outside of botanic gardens) in Germany, at Invalidenpark in Berlin. I visited in october and didn't find the smell that bad, but maybe the fallen fruit hadn't fully "matured" yet.