trees

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Then-Enfield Council leader Ergin Erbil called it an "outrage", and upset residents gathered in protest at the tree's stump.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

The flea-sized psyllid bites the leaves and transmits the disease, which slowly chokes out the tree’s vascular system from the inside, taking years to finally show itself.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

One of my favorite passages captures Mr. Haskell’s first encounter, in Australia, with a Moreton Bay fig tree, its thick, leathery foliage crowded by figbirds longing for the tree’s fruits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The scientists asked whether the beetles could reuse the tree's defensive chemicals to protect themselves from fungal infections.

From Science Daily • Jan. 1, 2026

The tree’s roots, thickly twisted and fanning out like huge, grasping fingers, snaked out from its base.

From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper