defoliation
Trees losing leaves
Defoliation is the removal or loss of leaves from plants.
It can happen naturally through drought or disease, or deliberately through chemical agents.
Military defoliation uses herbicides to destroy vegetation that provides enemy cover: Agent Orange caused widespread defoliation in Vietnam.
The verb is defoliate.
Wartime defoliant chemical
- Vietnam WarCold-era Indochina military engagement
- ecocideDeliberate devastation of nature
- jungle warfareArmed conflict in dense forest
- aerial sprayingAirborne pest
herbicides · dioxin · crop destruction · counterinsurgency · scorched earth · chemical warfare · rainforest · biodiversity loss
Overhead protective covering
- clearcuttingHarvesting every standing tree
- timberWood for construction
- silvicultureForest cultivation practice
- deciduousSheds foliage seasonally
coniferous · logging · woodland · underbrush · leaf litter · forest health · insect damage · gypsy moth
Vegetation-destroying chemical
- pesticideAgent destroying harmful organisms
- crop destructionRuination of cultivated plants
- harvestGathering mature crops
- pruningCutting vegetation for health
thinning · orchard · vineyard · monoculture · blight · growing season · spray · dormancy
Agent Orange
Wartime defoliant chemical
- Vietnam WarCold-era Indochina military engagement
- ecocideDeliberate devastation of nature
- jungle warfareArmed conflict in dense forest
aerial spraying · herbicides · dioxin · crop destruction · counterinsurgency · scorched earth · chemical warfare · rainforest · biodiversity loss · toxicity
canopy
Overhead protective covering
- clearcuttingHarvesting every standing tree
- timberWood for construction
- silvicultureForest cultivation practice
deciduous · coniferous · logging · woodland · underbrush · leaf litter · forest health · insect damage · gypsy moth · bark beetle
herbicide
Vegetation-destroying chemical
- pesticideAgent destroying harmful organisms
- crop destructionRuination of cultivated plants
- harvestGathering mature crops
pruning · thinning · orchard · vineyard · monoculture · blight · growing season · spray · dormancy · deciduous
- tree diseasescanker, root rot, blight, dieback, Dutch elm disease
- autumn leavesmaple leaf, maple leaves, oak leaf, fall colors, autumn leaves
- bonsaibonsai pot, bonsai pots, wiring, pruning, repotting
- crop problemsblight, drought damage, crop disease, root rot, wilting
- forest damageforest fire, forest fires, wildfires, bark beetle, bark beetles
- pest damagetermite damage, moth damage, woodworm, chewing damage, moth holes