Therefore those trees never fulfill their natural age, but succumb to the ax along the way.

Where the severest compaction occurs, in many cases, trees succumb.

"The trees succumb for many reasons," he said.

In years past, many gardeners and landscape designers have watched their trees succumb to a dreadful disease.

In a forest, of course, this type of attention is impossible, and the trees have succumbed.

The tree finally succumbed to cold weather in 2002, but two new saplings have been planted in its place.

The tree usually succumbs to disease a few years after achieving sexual maturity.

In some cases, lights that came back on went off again an hour later when another tree succumbed.

Many a community battle has been waged over whether a given tree will succumb to development or be accommodated in new landscapes.

However, trees grafted on these rootstocks often succumb to black line.