Gangcheng ginkgo

Ginkgo biloba, commonly known as ginkgo tree, is also called gongsunshu. It belongs to gymnosperms, Ginkgo, an ancient relic plant, and is known as a living fossil. There have always been many ginkgo biloba in Gangcheng, and there are 22 ancient ginkgo biloba trees over 800 years old, of which 10 are over a thousand years old. Two ancient ginkgo trees were planted in Zhongyun Forest Farm of Zhongyun Mountain in the Tang Dynasty. They are over 1,200 years old. The largest tree is nearly 30 meters high and 2.3 meters in diameter at breast height. The two trees are 2 meters apart, and their crowns overlap. They are beautiful and spectacular. As early as 200 years ago, they were listed as one of the 24 scenic spots in Yuntai, and they were called sacred trees. In Baiguoshu Village, Yunshan Township, North Yuntai Mountain, there is a female ginkgo tree, which is over a thousand years old, with a height of 21.7 meters and a crown of 20 square meters. It' enjoys' two thousand-year-old ginkgo trees in front of Wudao Temple in Sucheng Township, with a male height of 23.5 meters, a bust of 5.14 meters and a crown of 25 square meters. The male is 19.5 meters high, 4.34 meters in bust and 18 square meters in crown. Several ginkgo trees in Sanyuan Palace of Huaguo Mountain in Yuntai Mountain are all over a thousand years old. Ginkgo tree is beautiful in shape, crowned like a canopy, resistant to pests and diseases, early and barren, and is an excellent tree species for timber and greening. Ginkgo biloba, the fruit of Ginkgo biloba, is an advanced tonic. Ginkgo biloba and leaves can be used as medicine. In recent years, Ginkgo biloba has been cultivated as a green tree species in the port city, and it has been cultivated as an economic tree in mountainous villages.
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