I am at a local soccer club and there is a large screen showing Google images. One picture came up and I had to get closer to understand what it was. It is a photo of a tree growing in the Dead Sea between Jordan and Israel on what is a small salt mound. Photo credit - Tzevika Stein - Israel
[b]The only tree in the Dead Sea ...[/b] https://youtu.be/J532xYaTALk?si=hLUklcBfjSj_b_g-
@KiwiBird [b]Further research reveals the truth.[/b] Even though a close inspection of the tree will reveal buds on the branches and roots stretching into the salty crust of the island, it doesn’t mean that the tree sprouted and grew there. It was a local artist who brought and “planted” it on the salt island as an original art installation. Apparently, he has been visiting the tree every day, putting mud around its base to ensure that it gets all the nutrients needed to survive in this extremely harsh environment.
I once had to remove a sapling that had grown out of the exit pipe of the toilet overflow at a house, I felt guilty as it had made an incredible effort and I have no idea where it's nutrients came from; it got occasional moisture and sunlight.
@atlantic59 If it's roots had reached that far it would be understandable but it could've only had water from the toilet if it overflowed which I had never known, so it was surviving on rain water and sunlight. I also remember being impressed in Kuwait by a fig plant growing and fruiting which was in the sand and getting it's water from the air conditioning overflow. I assume somebody had planted it there or thrown a fig there or something but it's resilience was amazing. If I remember correctly it was mostly under the tent fly sheet so it was shaded.
[b]Further research reveals the truth.[/b] Even though a close inspection of the tree will reveal buds on the branches and roots stretching into the salty crust of the island, it doesn’t mean that the tree sprouted and grew there. It was a local artist who brought and “planted” it on the salt island as an original art installation. Apparently, he has been visiting the tree every day, putting mud around its base to ensure that it gets all the nutrients needed to survive in this extremely harsh environment.
