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Ginkgo: The Beautiful Powerhouse Tree

Ginkgo: The Beautiful Powerhouse Tree Ruth Trimble Appalachian Heritage, Volume 26, Number 3, Summer 1998, pp. 36-38 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.1998.0019 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/435253/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 19:52 GMT from JHU Libraries Ginkgo: The Beautiful Powerhouse Tree Ruth Trimble It has been said that beauty is its own reward, and the ginkgo's unique loveliness is reason enough for being, let alone the fact that it is an esoteric powerhouse which seems to hold vast promise for mankind. Ginkgo-thc hottest name going in medicinal research into natural herbs. Why the accelerated interest in this ancient tree? Can it really be the long-sought panacea for so many related ailments? Before the Ice Age the ginkgo tree covered many parts ofthe globe. Fossil records tell us that it has been around for over 200 million years. Extremely long-lived, some trees have survived as long as 4,000 years. It is highly resistant to parasites and seemingly impervious to industrial pollution. Because of its beauty you will find it most often along streets and in parks, where it grows from thirty to fifty feet tall. New spring leaves are light and delicate, giving it the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

Ginkgo: The Beautiful Powerhouse Tree

Trimble, Ruth.
Appalachian Review , Volume 26 (3) – Jan 8, 2014
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Ruth Trimble Appalachian Heritage, Volume 26, Number 3, Summer 1998, pp. 36-38 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.1998.0019 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/435253/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 19:52 GMT from JHU Libraries Ginkgo: The Beautiful Powerhouse Tree Ruth Trimble It has been said that beauty is its own reward, and the ginkgo's unique loveliness is reason enough for being, let alone the fact that it is an esoteric powerhouse which seems to hold vast promise for mankind. Ginkgo-thc hottest name going in medicinal research into natural herbs. Why the accelerated interest in this ancient tree? Can it really be the long-sought panacea for so many related ailments? Before the Ice Age the ginkgo tree covered many parts ofthe globe. Fossil records tell us that it has been around for over 200 million years. Extremely long-lived, some trees have survived as long as 4,000 years. It is highly resistant to parasites and seemingly impervious to industrial pollution. Because of its beauty you will find it most often along streets and in parks, where it grows from thirty to fifty feet tall. New spring leaves are light and delicate, giving it the

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