AP Photo/Rick Bowmer There is a silver lining emerging from the destruction left by the devastating Maui wildfires: a historic banyan tree, a landmark in Lahaina with a 150-year history ...

Maui County arborist Timothy Griffith describes the progress Lahaina’s scorched banyan tree has made in the past six months. — The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo The shaded Lahaina square ...

The towering banyan that forms the centerpiece of the park is the oldest living banyan on Maui, according to the county website. The tree has grown in both size and lore since it was put in the ...

Chairman of the Maui County Arborist Committee, told ABC affiliate KITV. “It brought the heat way up high and it pushed the fire over the top of the Banyan tree,” Sparkman explained to KITV ...