Ginkgo
An exceptionally tough urban street tree — pest-, disease- and pollution-resistant, with distinctive fan-shaped leaves and clear golden autumn colour. An ancient species that thrives where others struggle; specify male cultivars to avoid fruit.
Carbon and evidence
Carbon Sink & Ecosystem Services
A living landscape element — a carbon sink and provider of ecosystem services, not a manufactured product. Its value is measured by sequestration and biodiversity, not embodied carbon, and it must never be netted against a product’s A1–A3.
Carbon Sequestration
Sequestered — carbon removed from the atmosphere
indicative for a large tree at maturity; varies with size, form and context
Source: i-Tree Eco
Indicative and highly variable by species, size, soil and context. Sequestration is slow and reversible — it is not equivalent to avoiding an emission and must not offset embodied product carbon.
Biodiversity Net Gain
non-native; very high urban tolerance but lower habitat value than natives
Source: Defra Biodiversity Metric 4.0
England requires a 10% Biodiversity Net Gain; distinctiveness is one input to the habitat unit calculation.
Water / SuDS
canopy interception reduces runoff
Source: CIRIA SuDS Manual (C753)
Ecosystem Services
Establishment & Maintenance
nursery growing, transport, tree pit, staking and establishment watering carry a small upfront carbon cost
Read This Honestly
- •Sequestration is slow, uncertain and reversible — it un-banks if the plant dies.
- •Never offset embodied product carbon with it.
- •Non-native — plant natives where habitat value is the priority.
- •Specify male cultivars (female trees drop malodorous fruit).
Image: EecherplazGinkgo06.jpg: Cayambe derivative wo / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Products in this category
No manufacturer products are listed in this category yet. You can specify ginkgo generically and carry it through to a render and specification as normal.
Specification
- Finish
- Large tree
- Service life
- 60 years