Reid Park Nature Trail: Ginkgo Sex Traditional Cache

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shortcutsrus: Having been at this long enough to enjoy several NEW caches in OLD places, I feel it is time to retire this series and free up this serene, bucolic, and inspiring landscape so that others might have a crack at placing their own hides. Thanks to the many who have visited.

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Hidden : 6/7/2010
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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A little-used nature trail at the north-eastern end of Paramus, beginning in a park at the northern end of Spencer Avenue. A dirt road until the late 1990's, this area off Soldier Hill Road became NIMBY at its best when the new 'locals' campaigned to 'Save the Paramus Wetlands' from further development, before the concrete had fully cured on their own curbs.

"The Ginkgo was thought to be extinct in the wild. Yet it has been found in the wild, but question remains if human had reintroduced it to the wild. This hardy tree has been found in two small areas in eastern China.

The Ginkgo has survived a nuclear blast in Japan. The tree survived the 1945 atomic blast at Hiroshima at less than a mile from the ground zero. It had suffered burns but it grew back. The Ginkgo is also planted in urban areas as it is one of the few trees, which can stand to be in the polluted conditions.

Most cultivated trees, such as those found in nurseries are male. The female apricot "fruit" is said to become rancid and give off an offensive odor, so the female plant is not promoted by the nurseries."
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