Ginkgo
Ginkgo biloba

Location: 1251 Peralta
Park: Shinn Historical Park
District: Niles
Native to: Asia
Tree type: other?
Leaf retention: deciduous

Comments: Deciduous, native of China, dating back to the Carboniferous Age of the earth. Fan shaped leaves turn golden yellow in autumn and fall all at once to make a golden carpet. Tree at Shinn Park was planted in approximately 1876.
City of Fremont Landmark Tree.

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Illustration by Philip Eaker