Green through the cold of winter Shade-loving tree species often need plenty of water, but wherever pine seeds are blown by the wind, on cliffs and steep slopes where other plants cannot easily take root, no matter how loose the ground or how thin the soil, if only there is sunshine the pines will grow tall, fast and strong, claiming the land as their own.
歲寒亭亭松不老相較於需要充足水分的陰性樹種，松樹種子飄落之處，只要陽光到達，大岸大坡，不論地質脆弱、土層澆薄，其他植物不易抵達、不易落土生根，松樹都能來勢洶洶，據地為王，盡情生長。