Ginkgos are wonderful and ancient trees that are unusual in a number of ways.

One of their unusual features is Ginko Drop “Day”: they drop their leaves in a very short period, a day or two or three, rather than over the course of weeks like most deciduous trees.

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These pictures were taken November 9th, when the leaf drop began in earnest, and November 13th, when it was pretty much done. The tree lost 90% of its leaves in about 3 days.

I’ll call “leaf drop” day November 11th this year. It was similar in 2023.

Tracked over the years, it makes a good indicator of local weather patterns.