<div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.amusingplanet.com/2016/08/survivor-trees-around-world.html">https://www.amusingplanet.com/2016/08/survivor-trees-around-world.html</a><br><br><h3 style="outline:0px;margin:0px 0px 20px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:0px 0px;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Miracle Pine: 2011 Tsunami Survivor</h3><p style="outline:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:0px 0px;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:15px 0px;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px">When Japan was struck by a tsunami on March 2011, an entire forest on the country’s central Pacific coast was washed away, except for a lone pine tree. Out of 70,000 trees, the 250-year-old Miracle pine tree in Rikuzentakata was the only survivor. Although the tree survived initially, high salinity slowly killed its roots until the tree was dead 18 months later. After that, the 27-meter-tall tree removed and a metal skeleton was inserted into its trunk to preserve its shape. Additionally, replica branches and leaves made from a synthetic resin was added and the tree was returned to its original location.</p></div>