| Scientific Name: | Ginkgo biloba |
| Common Name: | maidenhair tree, ginkgo |
| Family Name: | Ginkgoaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 22 - 30m x 7 - 10m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Horizontal, Open, Spreading |
| Form: | Irregular, Oval - vertical, Pyramidal - widely |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Cut flower or foliage, Fall interest, Shade tree, Specimen plant, Street (boulevard tree) |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Lobed, Alternate, Leathery, Parallel venation, Glabrous, Other, Pinnately lobed |
| Flowers: | Catkin (ament), Green-yellow, Apr-May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Drupe, (Accessory tissue), Yellow, Green, Oct-Nov |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Upright with some horizontal branching; leaves alternate, fan-shaped, most blades 3-7cm long x 4-8cm wide, two main lobes, leathery, densely clustered, dichotomous venation. Winter ID: stubby spur shoots on some branchlets; buds globular, ~3mm wide, orange-brown. | |