ginkgoes

Pines and cycads and ginkgoes crowded close together on either side of the track.

The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006

And Audubon descended to mundane reality, drawing ginkgoes and pines and ferns for the background of the painting yet to come.

The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006

Palms shaded wild roses, while ginkgoes wrapped long, spreading branches around the trunks of exfoliating eucalypti.

Kingdoms of Light Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2001

Iowa City was one of many communities that planted ginkgoes in the 1970s only to discover that after years without problems, some of the trees can begin dropping large seed shells, creating a sticky, slimy, smelly mess.

Laudator Temporis Acti Michael Gilleland 2010

Female ginkgoes produce the troublesome seeds, which are covered in a fleshy coating that contains butyric acid, also found in rancid butter.

Laudator Temporis Acti Michael Gilleland 2010

Some cities have started cutting down ginkgoes, while others are standing by their trees and even planting more of them.

Laudator Temporis Acti Michael Gilleland 2010

All the Iowa City ginkgoes were planted near the University of Iowa campus.

Laudator Temporis Acti Michael Gilleland 2010

It's the same at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where botanist Laura Jull said people notice but don't dwell on the smell of the campus ginkgoes.

Laudator Temporis Acti Michael Gilleland 2010

In Iowa City, deciding to cut down another one of its few remaining ginkgoes was a no-brainer.

Laudator Temporis Acti Michael Gilleland 2010

Santa Monica has planted between 250 and 300 ginkgoes citywide since 2003, urban forester Walt Warriner said.

Laudator Temporis Acti Michael Gilleland 2010