dying tree
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdyingandtree
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dying
adjective
uk/ˈdaɪ.ɪŋ/us/ˈdaɪ.ɪŋ/
very ill and likely to ...
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tree
noun[C]
uk/triː/us/triː/
a tall plant that has a wooden trunk and branches that grow from its ...
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(Definition ofdyingandtreefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Its nests are bored in rotting ordyingtreetrunks in woodpecker style.
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On the right, the man with crossed arms leans against the trunk of adyingtreeand looks far out to the sea.
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The red-bellied woodpecker relies on snags or dying trees for foraging and nesting.
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Dying trees have been observed in urban and rural forests and woodlands.
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However, in many stands current reproduction is not adequate to replace old and dying trees and thus sustain its population.
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After mating, females chew small egg niches into dead or dying trees or logs, into which they deposit one egg each.
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They are commonly known as sawyer beetles or sawyers, as their larvae bore into dead or dying trees, especially conifers such as pines.
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The larvae feed on dead and dying trees such as beech, elm, maple, and oak.
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Economic impacts are especially high for urban and residential areas due to treatment or removal costs and decreased land value from dying trees.
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What was once an old pasture, turned forest, turned dead and dying trees, will again become a growing forest.
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Standing dead and dying trees (snags) on the uplands provide habitat for various species of birds and insects, including bald eagles, bats, woodpeckers, and songbirds.
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Larvae, though little is known about them, are probably eating the wood of dead or dying trees, while the adults eat pollen.
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Such dead or dying trees provide a growth medium for fungi and epiphytes, as well as food and shelter for insects and the birds.
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Many wet forest areas, where the largest koa grow, have been logged out, and it now comes largely from dead or dying trees or farms on private lands.
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In an abundance of dead and dying trees, after windthrow events, for instance, the beetles take advantage of plentiful food and shelter resources and their populations increase drastically.
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The fungus is both saprotrophic and parasitic, and its fruit bodies are generally found growing in overlapping clusters on a wide variety of dead or dying trees.
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Indiana bats prefer dead or dying trees with exfoliating bark.
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