There would be many more sacred trees in existence than there are now if it were not that old trees are consistently cut for their highly valued timber. Generally, it is those with low branches or flaws in the quality of wood that are left to survive.
按照森林的生成，神木的存在應是成群結隊，然而在一代代的砍伐下，材基率高、質材佳的樹木往往造成了建材、傢俬，分叉點低或材質有瑕疵的樹反而留了下來。