I have no idea how old this tree is; it may have been alive at the time 11 treasure-laden Spanish galleons sank just a mile away off Vero Beach, Florida during a hurricane in September, 1715. Twisted and expansive, regal and calm, it represents survival in the finest sense.

 

I have recently learned this tree is almost 900 years old.

 

 

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