Photos Of Trees: Different Trees Have Different Uses, Ornamental Trees, Protective Trees.
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Had we known that there were bonsai trees on show in the railway station at Guilin, we certainly would have got there earlier. It was a surprise to see the mature bonsai trees in their pots, some of which were seated on ornamental stands, when we were on the second floor of the railway station. The Bonsai trees were arranged around a large pond in which goldfish were an extra attraction.
The Ginko Tree growing near the River Yuan was displaying all its splendid autumn colors, enhanced by the sunlight and the blue-green background of the river water. When we walk down the bank to have a closer look at the Ginkgo Tree, we met grandma with a grandchild in her arms. Near the Ginkgo tree, were trees with some mandarin oranges still waiting to be harvested.
The well established Ginkgo trees growing in the grounds of the Shaolin Temple, had very few of their leaves still on the branches, but we were able to collect a few of the Ginkgo tree leaves, lodged between the exposed roots, behind the protective fencing. In the bark of the Ginkgo trees were small holes made by the finger prods of Monks over many years.
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The bark of trees has many useful purposes, although the bark of the tree shown in the photo of the tree growing in a Guilin Park, would probably not have any use other than its natural one of protecting the tree from the weather and pests. From the bark of some trees comes
medicines, spices, drugs and poisons. The bark of some trees can be made into canoes, or used for map making.
One of the advantages of planting poplar trees for particular purposes is that they are fast growing, and they are available in different types. The Black Poplar is very suitable for planting as a windbreak in open ground, as shown in the picture, where the trees were planted in the desert like conditions in Gansu Province. It is unwise to plant poplar trees near buildings or drainage pipes.
Street trees have many useful purposes, providing shade in the summer months, and becoming a meeting point for people to gather, for business activites or just to sit and chat. The street tree in the Ancient City of Hongjiang served a very useful purpose fullfilling many advantages of such a planting.
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Ginkgo Trees
The Ginkgo is a living fossil, with fossils recognisably related to modern Ginkgo from the Permian, dating back 270 million years. They diversified and spread throughout Laurasia during the middle Jurassic and Cretaceous, but became much rarer thereafter. By the Paleocene, Ginkgo adiantoides was the only Ginkgo species left in the Northern Hemisphere with a markedly different (but not well-documented) form persisting in the Southern Hemisphere, and at the end of the Pliocene Ginkgo fossils disappeared from the fossil record everywhere apart from a small area of central China where the modern species survived. It is in fact doubtful whether the Northern Hemisphere fossil species of Ginkgo can be reliably distinguished; given the slow pace of evolution in the genus, there may have been only 2 in total; what is today called G. biloba (including G. adiantoides), and G. gardneri from the Paleocene of Scotland. Src: Wikipedia.org. '''''
Ginkgo Trees
The Ginkgo is a living fossil, with fossils recognisably related to modern Ginkgo from the Permian, dating back 270 million years. They diversified and spread throughout Laurasia during the middle Jurassic and Cretaceous, but became much rarer thereafter. By the Paleocene, Ginkgo adiantoides was the only Ginkgo species left in the Northern Hemisphere with a markedly different (but not well-documented) form persisting in the Southern Hemisphere, and at the end of the Pliocene Ginkgo fossils disappeared from the fossil record everywhere apart from a small area of central China where the modern species survived. It is in fact doubtful whether the Northern Hemisphere fossil species of Ginkgo can be reliably distinguished; given the slow pace of evolution in the genus, there may have been only 2 in total; what is today called G. biloba (including G. adiantoides), and G. gardneri from the Paleocene of Scotland. Src: Wikipedia.org. '''''
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5th March, 2008
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