Assertion: bark beetle | /r/CapableOf | kill tree
Facets:
value: from 2000
type: TEMPORAL
value: by girdling the sapwood
type: MANNER
value: during warmer months
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Bark beetles can kill a tree in as little as two to four weeks during warmer months.
text: From 2000 to 2012, bark beetles killed enough trees to cover the entire state of Colorado.
text: Bark beetles eat away the layer of phloem under the outer bark of trees, eventually killing the tree.
text: Bark beetles kill trees by girdling the sapwood with their burrows, cutting off the flow of nutrients to the tree's roots.
text: From 2000 to 2012, bark beetles killed enough trees to cover the entire state of Colorado.