Hiroshima Extreme examples of the ginkgo's tenacity may be seen in Hiroshima, Japan, where six trees growing between from the 1945 atom bomb explosion were among the few living organisms in the area to survive the blast. Although almost all other plants (and animals) in the area were killed, the ginkgos, though charred, survived and were soon healthy again, among other hibakujumoku (trees that survived the blast).
Hiroshima Extreme examples of the ginkgo's tenacity may be seen in Hiroshima, Japan where six trees growing between from the 1945 atom bomb explosion were among the few living organisms in the area to survive the blast. Although almost all other plants (and animals) in the area were killed, the ginkgos, though charred survived and were soon healthy again among other hibakujumoku (trees that survived the blast).