GINKGO 



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In woods, Newfoundland and Manitoba, south to Virginia and Iowa. 

 In Minnesota abundant in the northern part of the state, extending a 

 little beyond the limits of the coniferous forests ; local in several places 

 in the southeast corner of the state. 



Ginkgoales Ginkgo Order 

 Ginkgoaceae Ginkgo Family 



A family consisting of only the following genus. Flowers dioecious, 

 the staminate cone-like, consisting of an axis bearing numerous stamens; 

 stamens stalked, furnished with two pendent pollen sacs; pistillate flowers 

 consisting of a naked stalk bearing at its summit a pair of ovules, 



