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It Was Going To Be Your Christmas Tree But Now It’s Dead: The Fir’s Fight Against Root Rot

It Was Going To Be Your Christmas Tree But Now It’s Dead: The Fir’s Fight Against Root Rot

The life of a fir means long years spent with its roots digging into the earth, boughs and limbs reaching toward the sky and the dream of becoming someone’s Christmas tree. But for many fir species, it’s often a dream deferred (pun intended), nay, destroyed by a pesky disease called root rot. [More]