Gingkos have fan-shaped leaves and snaky branches that shoot straight off their trunks.
The effect is graceful, if unlikely. Gingkos are among the most ancient trees still living on earth, remnants of the time when dinosaurs lived. Interestingly, gingkos are well-adapted to pollution and other urban problems that create stresses on other varieties of trees. One of my friends tells me that gingkos are the only broadleaf gymnosperms in the world. By being simple, graceful and tenacious.