The Ginkgo tree (Ginkgo biloba) is a living fossil, virtually unchanged from the age of the dinosaurs! 🦕 It’s a very adaptable urban tree, readily coping with compacted soil, salt, air pollution, and drought. But #DYK that Ginkgo was once known only from fossil records and thought to have become exinct after the dinosaurs? Fossils show that Ginkgo disappeared between 2.5 and 7 million years ago. A small population survived in China - it’s likely that clonal reproduction and new seed dispersers

Ginkgo trees are a species native to China and today retain great cultural significance. One Ginkgo tree planted in the courtyard of an ancient temple lives close to where the terracotta statues were buried in Xi’an China. And this tree has lived nearly 1,400 years. Our Host James Chau shares the story and cultural heritage of the Ginkgo tree | The China Current