Environment
Stop and Smell the Ginkgoes
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If you've been walking around parts of Jamaica Plain, you've no doubt come across the smell of gingko trees' berries. Ned Friedman, the director of the Arnold Arboretum wrote about the trees in a recent email newsletter:
The following is by Friedman:
When I look at these pictures, I can practically smell them! And my hope is that you will take my advice and go smell for yourself. Because no one can be said to truly know the ginkgo without experiencing the aroma/stench of the seeds right about now. Ginkgo biloba is a dioecious species, with separate seed-bearing trees and pollen-producing trees.