Ginkgo

The Tree That Time Forgot

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Nature, Plant Life, Trees, Science, Biological Sciences, Botany, Other Sciences, History
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Author: Peter Crane ISBN: 9780300190472
Publisher: Yale University Press Publication: March 19, 2013
Imprint: Yale University Press Language: English
Author: Peter Crane
ISBN: 9780300190472
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication: March 19, 2013
Imprint: Yale University Press
Language: English
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Perhaps the world’s most distinctive tree, ginkgo has remained stubbornly unchanged for more than two hundred million years. A living link to the age of dinosaurs, it survived the great ice ages as a relic in China, but it earned its reprieve when people first found it useful about a thousand years ago. Today ginkgo is beloved for the elegance of its leaves, prized for its edible nuts, and revered for its longevity. This engaging book tells the full and fascinating story of a tree that people saved from extinction—a story that offers hope for other botanical biographies that are still being written.
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Perhaps the world’s most distinctive tree, ginkgo has remained stubbornly unchanged for more than two hundred million years. A living link to the age of dinosaurs, it survived the great ice ages as a relic in China, but it earned its reprieve when people first found it useful about a thousand years ago. Today ginkgo is beloved for the elegance of its leaves, prized for its edible nuts, and revered for its longevity. This engaging book tells the full and fascinating story of a tree that people saved from extinction—a story that offers hope for other botanical biographies that are still being written.

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