Huanggang Vertical Forest and Ginkgo trees

 

 

StefanoBoeri Architetti’s Easyhome Huanggang Vertical Forest City Complex, located in the city of Huanggang in Hubei province, eastern China.  

Boeri is best-known for the Bosco Verticale in Milan.The 4.5ha site contains five towers, two of which are residential "vertical forests" that combine open and closed balconies.

The greenery of the Vertical Forest is made up of 404 trees, the main trees are Ginkgo biloba, also Osmanthus, Acer, Ligustrum etc., 4620 shrubs, perennial grass, flowers and climbing plants. 

Boeri: “The inhabitants of the residential towers have the opportunity to experience the urban space from a different perspective while fully enjoying the comfort of being surrounded by nature."

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Confuciusornis birds and Ginkgo

 

Confuciusornis birds sitting on Ginkgo tree branches. It was a feathered small dinosaur and could have eaten Ginkgo seeds.

Early Cretaceous Period; many fossils have been found in the rocks of Liaoning, China. 

Confuciusornis is considered to be both the oldest beaked as well as the most primitive bird after Archaeopteryx.

Its name is a combination of the Chinese philosopher Confucius and the Greek word for bird.

Picture: Sogou.com

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Famous ancient Ginkgo tree, Guanyin Temple, Xi'an

1,400-year-old Ginkgo tree on the grounds of the Guanyin Temple in Luohandong village in the city of  Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China.
This ancient Ginkgo tree is thought to be planted for Emperor Li Shimin, founding father of the Tang Dynasty, ruling from 629 to 649.
It has become a tourist attraction because of its many golden leaves. The video also gives an impression of a visit to the temple.

Bus: Take the No. 916 bus in Xi’an, get off at Nanshicun Station, go straight to Sanchakou for about 10 minutes (walking),  “Guanyin Temple” is on the left.

Video by going走走looking看看 on YouTube.

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Merry Christmas - Happy 2022

 

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Old Ginkgo dropping its leaves in Gregg Park, Vincennes

 

Old Ginkgo tree is dropping its leaves all at once. 

This great tree is located in a historic place: Gregg Park (1931), Vincennes, Knox County in Indiana, U.S. 

Video on YouTube by John Stangle.

More fall photos and videos of the Ginkgo leaves on my Twitter and website: 
Ginkgorain: leaves all fall at the same time.

 

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Ginkgo love symbol : song and dance

The Ginkgo leaf is a symbol of love in this Chinese song.

Singers Cao Fu Jia, Tang Zi Xing.
The Ginkgo is the national tree of China.

Below you can see a girls group dance performance on this song (followed by a dance lesson):

 

 

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Ginkgo seed with and without its coat

 

Ginkgo seed with and without its fleshy coat.

Cleaning of the seed:  video on my YouTube channel:

 

More info on my website: Propagation-page.

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Old female tree in Japan

 

 

Japan: Female Ginkgo tree of about 300 years old still bearing many seeds!

Girth 10.1 meters, height 23 meters.

 

Location: Hongo, Ichihara City, Chiba Prefecture (next to Kamo Athletic park). 

 

Video by Tree Film Production on YouTube.

 

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Jurassic: Pterosaur Monkeydactyl and Ginkgo

 Illustration of two 'Monkeydactyls' climbing in the boughs of a Ginkgo tree.

 

Newly described flying reptile 'Monkeydactyl'  Kunpengopterus antipollicatus (opposite thumbed) is thought to have lived in the Jurassic period.

This pterosaur lived its life among the trees, hunting for bugs and climbing with the help of its two opposable thumbs — one on each of its three-fingered hands.  

It is the first known pterosaur found in China with an opposed thumb.

 

More about Ginkgo in the Jurassic period on my website: Fossils-page.

Article and illustration: Current Biology.

 

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Mezzotint art - Ginkgo biloba by Michel Estèbe

 

Ginkgo biloba by Michel Estèbe, 2002

Color mezzotint

 

Michel Estèbe is one of the few modern masters of the mezzotint.

More info about the artist and mezzotint here.

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Ginkgo seed germination recording

 

David Beard shows a wonderful video on YouTube of the germination of a Ginkgo seed.

He made his video over a period of two months and recorded on a daily basis.

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Unique Ginkgo leaves colours in Osaka, Japan

 

The edges of these Ginkgo leaves do not turn yellow but show a contrasting green colouring. Very special and beautiful! Location Osaka, Japan.

Enlargement of this photo on my Photo Special-page on my website.

Photo courtesy Sando Tomoki. Thank you!

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Merry Christmas - Happy 2021

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2020 Ginkgo trees in fall on my Twitter

Visit my Twitter account The Ginkgo Tweets : many photos/videos/news about the Ginkgo tree in fall, for instance: 

 

Check out the stunning view of two 1,300-year-old ginkgo trees whose leaves turn luminous golden yellow in China's Shaanxi. #AmazingChina pic.twitter.com/7h3TAt1HYt

— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) November 5, 2020

Today I was attacked by a cluster of ginkgo leaves. pic.twitter.com/Pd5mBgRQ5n

— geronimo (@geronim76006585) November 11, 2020

Howard Nemerov - poem 'The Consent' https://t.co/9gkCpAQsWS pic.twitter.com/8yb0GVAnzO

— The Ginkgo Tweets (@theginkgopages) November 14, 2020

#ChinaStory The metro in Chengdu, Sichuan province is full of ginkgo biloba. Is your subway commute this beautiful? pic.twitter.com/BpB8RN8xGW

— China Daily (@ChinaDaily) November 11, 2020

A gingko tree shedding its leaves. Fukuoka, Japan. #gingko #autumnleaves pic.twitter.com/AlUd0giKRd

— Cami H (@trulycami) December 5, 2017

 

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