Sixth Grade Science Class Plants Ginkgo Biloba Tree on Campus
Thursday, October 01, 2009
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Posted by: Kim McNulty
During sixth period science class today, October 1, the members of MMI’s sixth grade planted a Ginkgo Biloba tree as a practical example of their ongoing studies. Ginkgo biloba can grow to be a huge, bold-textured and tolerant shade tree that is also one of the oldest trees still living on Earth.It is actually a deciduous gymnosperm by botanical classification, which is what the sixth graders are currently studying in Mrs. Laura Nemetz’s science class.
Although the tree is from China, where it is known, among other names as yin hsing, the name ginkgo is from archaic Japanese gin-kyo. Fossil leaves have been found in Asia, Australia, Europe, and America. Ginkgo Biloba has been known as the oldest living species of trees with its roots as far as 270 million years in the world. This particular tree was grown from seed by Mrs. Nemetz’s brother, Rev. Thomas J. Petro.
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