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Ginkgo : the tree that time forgot / by Crane, Peter R.(CARDINAL)326426;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-261) and index.Prologue. Time ; Trees ; Identity -- The living tree. Energy ; Growth ; Stature ; Sex ; Gender ; Seeding ; Resilience -- Origin and prehistory. Origins ; Ancestry ; Relationships ; Recognition ; Proliferation ; Winnowing ; Persistence ; Prosperity -- Decline and survival. Constraint ; Retreat ; Extinction ; Endurance ; Relic -- History. Antiquity ; Reprieve ; Voyages ; Renewal ; Naming ; Resurgence -- Use. Gardens ; Nuts ; Streets ; Pharmacy -- Future. Risk ; Insurance ; Gift ; Legacy -- Appendix. List of common plant names used in the text and Latin equivalents.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 rich and engaging story of a tree that people saved from extinction - a story that offers hope for other botanical biographies that are still being written. Inspired by the historic ginkgo that has thrived in London's Kew Gardens since the 1760s, renowned botanist Peter Crane explores the history of the ginkgo from its mysterious origin through its proliferation, drastic decline, and ultimate resurgence. Crane also highlights the cultural and social significance of the ginkgo: its medicinal and nutritional uses, its power as a source of artistic and religious inspiration, and its importance as one of the world's most popular street trees. Readers of this book will be drawn to the nearest ginkgo, where they can experience firsthand the timeless beauty of the oldest tree on Earth. -- Book jacket.
Subjects: Ginkgo.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Ginkgo : a practical guide / by Halpern, Georges M.,author.(DLC)n 93804344 (CARDINAL)381328;
Subjects: Ginkgo;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Primary productivity and forage quality of Ginkgo biloba in response to elevated carbon dioxide and oxygen : an experimental approach to mid-Mesozoic paleoecology / by Decherd, Sara Maurine.;
Subjects: Paleoecology.; Ginkgo.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Ginkgoa : increase intellect & improve circulation / by Pedersen, Stephanie.(CARDINAL)645681;
Subjects: Ginkgo;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Landscaping with conifers and ginkgo for the Southeast / by Cox, Thomas Wilson,1945-(CARDINAL)605323; Ruter, John M.(CARDINAL)605168;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Cultural practices -- Planting -- Fertilizing -- Mulching -- Watering -- Weeding -- Planting time -- Transplanting -- Containers -- Pruning -- Soils and the southern climate -- Conifers and the southern climate -- Rootstock selection -- Insect pests -- Disease problems -- Conifers and ginkgo and their cultivars -- Abies -- Araucaria -- Calocedrus -- Cathaya -- Cedrus -- Cephalotaxus -- Chamaecyparis -- Cryptomeria -- Cunninghamia -- Cupressus -- Fokienia -- Ginkgo -- Glyptostrobus -- Juniperus -- Keteleeria -- Metasequoia -- Microbiota -- Nageia -- Picea -- Pinus -- Platycladus -- Podocarpus -- Pseudolarix -- Pseudotsuga -- Sciadopitys -- Sequoia -- Taiwania -- Taxodium -- Taxus -- Thuja -- Thujopsis -- Torreya -- Tsuga -- Wollemia.A guide to selecting the proper conifer and gingko for the landscapes and climates of the Southeast.
Subjects: Landscape gardening; Ornamental conifers; Ginkgo;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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The happiest tree : a story of growing up / by Yi, Hyŏn-ju(Illustrator),author,illustrator.(CARDINAL)339333;
The story of a ginkgo tree's experiences as it grows outside an apartment building.
Subjects: Picture books.; Ginkgo; Trees;
Available copies: 13 / Total copies: 18
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The middle miocene wood flora of Vantage, Washington, USA / by Wheeler, Elisabeth A.; Dillhoff, Thomas A.(CARDINAL)325944;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 93-101).
Subjects: Trees, Fossil; Paleobotany;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Natural Treatments to improve memory / by Dentali, Steven.;
Subjects: Memory.; Memory disorders.; Ginkgo; Alzheimer's disease;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The prozac alternative : natural relief from depression with St. John's wort, kava, ginkgo, 5-HTP, homeopathy, and other alternative therapies / by Knishinsky, Ran,1971-(CARDINAL)634484;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-143) and index.
Subjects: Depression, Mental; Depression, Mental; Herbs; Fluoxetine; Herbal treatments.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Fantastic flora : the world's biggest, baddest, and smelliest plants / by Staats, Ann McCallum,1965-author.(CARDINAL)674947; Ingram, Zoe,illustrator.(CARDINAL)411598;
Includes bibliographical references (page [127]) and index.The big. Supersize leaf: Bolivian water lily ; Fan-tastic and gigantic: Traveler's palm ; A long way up: Giant sequoia -- The bad. In the dead of the night: Deadly nightshade ; Plant with a bang: Sandbox tree -- Root cause...of death: White snakeroot -- The smelly. Stop and smell the ginkgo: Ginkgo ; A pain in the nose: Eastern skunk cabbage ; Of corpse it smells bad: dead horse arum -- The exceptionally strange. Come a little closer: Venus fly trap ; A stone...or plant?: Living stones -- If it looks like a duck...: Flying-duck orchid."Ready to meet some far-out flora? Leaf through this book and you'll unearth some of the amazing adaptations that help plants thrive: Seeds that explode. Leaves that look like stones. Berries so deadly that swallowing just a few will stop your heart. A plant that eats meat, and another that pretends to be meat--rotten meat, with a smell so rank you'll want to plug your nose. Dig in to the science of plant survival in a botanical book blooming with lush illustrations and filled with engagingly narrated, fascinating facts about how plants flourish, even in the most extreme environments on earth. A glossary, source notes, index, and select bibliography round out the back matter for readers eager to know more."--
Subjects: Informational works.; Trivia and miscellanea.; Illustrated works.; Plants; Plant defenses; Plants; Plants;
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 11
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