Hibakujumoku

'bombed, A-bombed, nuked'[1] and Japanese: 樹木, romanized: jumoku, lit.

[2] The heat emitted by the explosion in Hiroshima within the first three seconds at a distance of three kilometres from the hypocenter was about 40 times greater than that from the Sun.

[3] According to Hiroshima and Nagasaki: The Physical, Medical, and Social Effects of the Atomic Bombings, plants suffered damage only in the portions exposed above ground, while portions underground were not directly damaged.

[4] Hibakujumoku species are listed in the UNITAR database,[6] shown below, combined with data from Hiroshima and Nagasaki: The Physical, Medical, and Social Effects of the Atomic Bombings.

[7] Although not as well known as the hibakujumoku in Hiroshima, there are a number of similar survivors in the vicinity of the hypocenter in Nagasaki.

A Eucalyptus melliodora tree at the site of Hiroshima Castle , 740 m from the hypocenter. The tree survived the atomic bombing, while the castle was destroyed.