For many city trees life is a matter of survival against the odds.
This scruffy, unidentified specimen is rooted in an inhospitable scrap of ground at the top of the railway cutting behind Gare du Nord.
The bark is split right down the trunk and it’s clear that the branches have been lopped off many times but the mass of young shoots show that there’s life in this tree yet. I walk past here most weeks so I’ll be watching for leaves and flowers in the spring.
Prompted by the Weekly Photo Challenge Against the Odds.
Beyond the Window Box 
February 17, 2017 at 11:19 pm
So resilient. I’m often amazed by the sheer survival grit of plants and believe there’s a message there for us.
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February 17, 2017 at 11:27 pm
Against the odds, that tree will make it. Show us a picture in late Spring.
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February 17, 2017 at 11:47 pm
I’ll try to remember!
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February 18, 2017 at 2:51 am
Sad.
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February 18, 2017 at 10:34 am
I’m sure it will look less sad in the spring!
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February 19, 2017 at 2:06 pm
True, for city trees the going is not so easy.
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