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I had no idea that there is such a thing as a gendered tree.
America's Love of Male Trees Could Be Why You're Sneezing Right Now
One researcher calls it "botanical sexism."
www.atlasobscura.com
This part is in keeping with animal sexuality:While tracking down the origin of this trend, Ogren stumbled upon perhaps the first trace of sexism in urban landscaping in a 1949 USDA Yearbook of Agriculture. The book advised: “When used for street plantings, only male trees should be selected, to avoid the nuisance from the seed.”
Another argument proffered against female trees is that certain ones can produce an unpleasant odor. For example, when a lady gingko tree is in heat, it produces an odor not dissimilar to rotting fish or vomit.