On the University of New Hampshire campus in Durham stands a lone Ginkgo biloba tree. This ancient tree species is next to James Hall, where the forestry department now resides.
An article in the New Yorker magazine talked of the way the odd tree sheds its leaves all in one day. UNH students have also learned this, and since my time with Dr. Clark Stevens educating us on the tree species making up the campus, they have made a betting game just when will the ginkgo drop its distinctive fan-shaped leaves all at once, on some particular autumn date.
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