A tree on a wall!

A tree growing in the wall

@pitstop (15551)

Australia

November 17, 2022 8:37am CST

Yes, you read that right and saw it right too! This tree grows on the wall of the parking lot where I usually park my bike at work. It looks like there was some parts of the wall that were remodeled, but this tree still managed to survive. I wonder how it does that and where its roots actually go. It's up about one storey high on the wall!

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@JudyEv (382104)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Nov 22

That is one pretty determined tree! It's amazing how they manage to survive with so little soil to cling to.

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@pitstop (15551)

• Australia

18 Nov 22

And it's so precariously balanced that I am surprised that it hasn't fallen off.

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@JudyEv (382104)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Nov 22

@pitstop I guess one day it will have to give way.

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@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

17 Nov 22

Nature is amazing and sometimes can grow anywhere.

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@pitstop (15551)

• Australia

17 Nov 22

I wonder how long it will survive.

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@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

18 Nov 22

@pitstop Who knows. Just watch it and see. Water and sunshine is what it needs.

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@wolfgirl569 (135770)

• Marion, Ohio

17 Nov 22

That is a strange sight. The wall must be starting to rot.

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@pitstop (15551)

• Australia

17 Nov 22

It looks like it's crumbling apart.

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@LindaOHio (222417)

• United States

18 Nov 22

It's amazing how nature fights to survive.

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@pitstop (15551)

• Australia

19 Nov 22

I hope nature wins at the end.

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@Andini (3208)

• Indonesia

17 Nov 22

This tree looks naughty and anywhere growing

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@pitstop (15551)

• Australia

17 Nov 22

I wonder how.long it will survive.

@Rimps85 (3209)

• India

17 Nov 22

it has to be banyan tree...they grow through concrete bridge pillars also...

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@pitstop (15551)

• Australia

17 Nov 22

This doesn't look like a Banyan tree. Maybe it's similar or the same family.

@Rimps85 (3209)

• India

17 Nov 22

@pitstop Ficus religiosa - that's the scientific name, to be precise...

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