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As fall foliage peaks, Ginkgo biloba trees stand out in magnificent shining glory, but only for a few days. You can recognize ginkgoes, or “maidenhair trees,” by their distinctive two-lobed fan-shaped leaves, which remain supple and flat after changing to a brilliant school-bus yellow—then, a few days later, fall almost all at once to cover the ground in gold.
Don’t let the brief period between when the leaves turn color and then fall fool you into thinking ginkgoes are short-lived: They are actually living fossils dating back to beyond the time of the dinosaurs.
Susan Smith-Durisek, of the Lexington Herald-Leader. Read the rest on your own.