50+ Badass Trees That Refuse To Die No Matter What

Trees have been around for about 370 million years, and as you can see from these incredible pictures, there’s a good reason why they’ve survived for so long. Whether they’re growing in the middle of gale-force winds, on the tops of rocky platforms, inside concrete tunnels, or even growing out of each other, trees know how to survive in places that few living organisms can, which explains why the planet is host to around 3 trillion adult trees that cover an estimated 30% of the earth’s land.

Thanks, guys! Since plants produce the vast majority of the oxygen we breathe, we should all think ourselves fortunate that trees are as resilient as they are. We wouldn’t even be here if they weren’t.

01. A Place Of Enchantment

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02. This Palm Tree Fell Over And Curved Right Back Up

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03. The Only Tree That Survived The Tsunami In Japan Between 70,000 Trees. Today Protected And Restored

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04. This Tree Fell Over And Grew 4 More Trees Out Of Itself

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05. Tree Of Life – Olympic National Park, Washington

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06. A Tree’s Root Spill Over The Sidewalk

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07. Nature FTW

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08. I Found A Tree Growing Through Speed Limit Sign

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09. This Tree Still Has Its Leaves Because Of The Light Shining On It

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10. This Tree That Refuses To Die

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11. Life Finds A Way

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12. Tree Roots Extend Across A Gap To The Mainland For Nutrients

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13. Striving

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14. Ta Promh Temple In Cambodia

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15. Life Finds A Way

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16. 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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17. A Tree Growing On Another Tree

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18. This Tree Grew Out Of The Stump Of A Dead Tree, And Then The Stump Rotted Away

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19. A Tree Grows From Third Floor Window

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20. Life Finds A Way

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21. This Wooden Chair My Parents Bought Started Sprouting Leaves

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22. I Spent Ages Staring At This Tree Before Taking This Pic. I Hope You Find It As Fascinating As I Did

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23. This Floating Island That Grew At The End Of A Partially Sunken Tree

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24. This Tree Is Growing Out Of Another Tree

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25. One Tree On My Street Refused To Accept Winter

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26. My Sister’s Tree Is Eating Her Fence

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27. The Old Piano Tree

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28. Life, Uh… Finds A Way

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29. Trees On A Tree

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30. This Tree Grew Around A Stone Sculpture Of A Face, Making It Appear As If There Is A Green Man Trapped Inside

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31. This Tree Is Tenacious

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32. This Tree Growing Through A Fence

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33. HK Forbes Street Kennedy Town Stone Wall Trees

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34. The Way This Palm Tree Fell And Continued To Grow

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35. A Little Tree On The Sidewalk

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36. 20+-Year-Old Tree Growing Out The Top Of A Silo

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37. Trees Winning Against Concrete In Hong Kong

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38. The Way This Tree Ate This Bench

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39. This Tree Grew Around A Fire Hydrant

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40. This Tree’s Roots Grew Up Through The Gaps In The Paving Stones

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41. This Tree Is Completely Hollow, Yet Still Very Much Alive

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42. The Famed “Bicycle Eaten By A Tree” Tucked In The Woods Right Off The Vashon Highway On Vashon Island, Washington

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43. There’s A Little Tree Growing On This Telephone Pole

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44. This Tree Refuses To Die

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45. Life Finds Its Way

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46. Ta Prohm, Cambodia

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47. This Tree Branch Spiraled Through The Chain Link Fence

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48. Tree Growing Under Paint

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49. This Tree Grew Inside This Brick Silo And Looks Like A Carrot

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50. Palm Tree Grew Through An Oak Tree

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51. Mildly Interesting Tree I Saw In Philadelphia

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52. The Tree Fell, But The Branches Grew Into Trees

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53. This Pine Tree

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54. This Big Tree Ate Some Wall Bricks

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55. This Tree Fell Over And Grew 7 New Trees

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56. This Tree Is Barely Holding On After The Cliff Eroded Away

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57. Life Finds A Way

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58. Trees Growing On An Abandoned Bridge

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59. Life Always Finds A Way

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60. This Tree Grew Inside This Brick’s Hole

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61. A Tree Is Growing On The Side Of This Building

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62. A Tree Growing On Another Tree

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63. This Tree Fell Over But Continued To Grow

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64. This Tree Grew Through A Rock

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65. “Life, Uh, Finds A Way.”

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66. This Tree

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67. Encapsulated

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68. This Tree Didn’t Quit When It Fell

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69. This Tree Forked, Then Grew Back Together

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70. This Tree Is Growing Out Of The Side Of A House

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71. A New Tree Growing On A Old One Seattle, Wa

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72. Tree Finds A Way

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73. Tree Growing On A Roof In Panama City

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74. Wooden Door

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75. Tree Growing Out Of Gutters On A Roof My Buddy Went To Fix

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76. Scars On A Tree After Growing Through This Fence

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77. Nature Is Strange

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78. This Building Has A Tree Growing Out Of It

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79. Strength

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80. Life Finds A Way

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