#14 most planted
Ginkgo biloba
Ginkgo · also Maidenhair tree, Common ginkgo
SpreadingDeciduous
111,138
trees mapped
1.1%
of all named trees
36
cities
5.0 in
median trunk (13 cm, 106,122 measured)
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Ginkgo biloba is a tall tree with distinctive fan-shaped leaves that turn golden yellow in autumn. This ancient and disease-resistant species is native to China. It is highly valued in urban settings for its pollution tolerance and resilience, though female trees produce foul-smelling seeds.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 24,39210.7%—13 in
- 22,3123.1%—9.0 in
- 17,4862.5%—3.1 in
- 8,7602.6%5.4 yr2.0 in
- 5,5620.49%—1.8 in
- 5,1082.6%8.8 yr9.2 in
- 4,9201.5%9.0 yr2.0 in
- 2,7891.0%—2.0 in
- 2,6412.0%14 yr3.0 in
- 2,0731.8%—4.0 in
- 1,9931.3%3.0 yr2.0 in
- 1,4980.53%31 yr5.9 in
- 1,3620.31%29 yr6.9 in
- 1,2160.53%—7.1 in
- 1,1531.6%—1.6 in
- 1,1232.4%—2.0 in
- 1,1220.37%—3.0 in
- 1,1001.5%2.8 yr2.0 in
- 8802.0%—2.0 in
- 7410.16%36 yr7.5 in
- 5690.31%—3.0 in
- 5480.16%—5.1 in
- 5390.65%—2.0 in
- 3622.3%7.0 yr2.4 in
- 2932.5%9.1 yr3.9 in
- 1800.51%—3.1 in
- 1610.68%—3.9 in
- 1590.33%15 yr—
- 630.53%4.8 yr4.0 in
- 100.00%16 yr2.8 in
- 70.01%—1.9 in
- 50.01%—2.0 in
- 40.05%——
- 40.00%—0.4 in
- 20.00%—2.0 in
- 10.00%—2.0 in
Traits
- Form
- Spreading
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 35–70 ft
- Canopy spread
- 25 ft
- Lifespan
- 3500 years
- Sun
- Full sun
- Soil
- Sandy
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Drought tolerance
- Moderate
- Pollution tolerance
- High
Trunk diameters across every city: median 5.0 in, mean 7.5 in, 90th percentile 17 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Other Ginkgo in the catalogue
2 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
