Nature is awesome. It is powerful. It is resilient. And it can be downright strange.
Trees have existed on this planet for around 370 million years. This is hundreds of millions of years more than modern-day humans have existed. It’s no wonder they are so good at adapting to changing environments or harsh conditions.
If it weren’t for trees, we wouldn’t be around. The 3 trillion trees on our beautiful planet account for 30% of all the land. They also provide us with a vast majority of the oxygen we breathe. Trees are pretty magical.
These 30 trees found strength and perseverance in the most difficult, bizarre, and unlikely places.
Humans should feel very grateful and fortunate to have such beautiful trees living on this wonderful planet with us.
1. It was going to fall down but then decided it wasn’t done growing yet.
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2. “The only tree that survived the tsunami in Japan between 70,000 trees. Today protected and restored.”
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3. This tree is fittingly named the “Tree of Life.”
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4. A tree grew right through this stop sign pole.
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5. You might have chopped this tree down. But it said “nope.”
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6. “My grandpa hung his skates on a small tree when he was younger. He forgot he had left them there and found them years later.”
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7. Nature will always outlast our man-made infrastructure.
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8. This wooden chair was left outside, started retaining water, and grew sprouts.
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9. Trees can also turn into little islands apparently.
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10. This tree refuses to go down with winter.
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11. Eerily beautiful.
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12. This tree got revenge by growing four more after it was chopped halfway down.
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13. A tree continued to grow over a face sculpture hung on the tree. Now it looks like there’s a green man trapped inside.
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14. Fences don’t stop trees.
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15. A tree has grown through and out of an old silo.
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16. This tree is legitamately eating this bench.
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17. The roots grew up and through the paving stones.
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18. Just because it’s hollow, doesn’t mean it’s not very alive.
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19. “The famed ‘Bicycle Eaten by A Tree’ tucked in the woods right off the Vashon Highway on Vashon Island, Washington.”
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20. A palm tree grew right through an oak tree.
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21. This tree fell over then grew four more.
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22. A trees roots are creeping it’s way along the zig-zagged lines of the brick sidewalk.
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23. This tree has been given a longer life thanks to the light.
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24. Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
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25. Life will always find a way.
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26. A tree growing on another tree.
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27. A tree grew out of a decaying stump. The stump fully decayed aways, but the tree stood strong.
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28. Life can exist in even the harshest conditions.
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29. This tree is absolutely fascinating.
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30. This tree is the definition of resilient.
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By Ashley Fike
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Ashley Fike is a contributor at SBLY Media.