This happened in Germany's Black Forest and most European forests. A study by Dr. Robert Bruck at No. Carolina State University shows even in favorable conditions, red spruce seedlings planted in the Smoky Mountains have 80-90 percent mortality. For 25 years I've gone to Oregon and Washington every summer, and there's no more forests. Looks like an atomic war took place.
Mountains are mostly devoid of any old growth, or even second cut timber.
Wherever I travel, I see the same epidemics, deaths, threats and dangers in forests. His soft, tenor voice faded into sad shadows. Deciduous trees show fall color in early August. Trees are more infested by pests, less resistant to disease or tolerant of climate change, unlikely to live long. Globally, Amazon and African rainforests are being clear-cut.