41.   As those eggs hatch, the larvae chew their way along in the trunk, killing the tree.

42.   Fine-grained silt may have killed the tree and filled the stump, covering the bones and eventually hardening into limestone.

43.   It quickly kills certain trees and, even more insidiously, lingers in other plant species that spread the disease while barely showing symptoms themselves.

44.   The disease causes the fruit to fall prematurely and ultimately can kill the tree.

45.   The disease kills trees in a matter of weeks, creating bleeding and sunken cankers on tree trunks.

46.   The plant disease causes fruit to fall prematurely and ultimately can kill the tree.

47.   This has raised fears that the oil slick may kill the trees, thus exposing the shore to the threat of erosion.