plant damage
Wilting from pests
Plant damage refers to injury or harm sustained by vegetation—whether from pests, disease, weather, or human activity.
Gardeners inspect for plant damage after storms or insect infestations: The frost caused significant plant damage to the tomatoes.
The term appears in agriculture, landscaping, and environmental contexts to describe anything from nibbled leaves to uprooted trees.
- heavy metal contaminationDangerous metallic elements present
- bruisingCausing tissue discoloration
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
- heat stressBody overwhelmed by temperature
- tramplingCrushing underfoot repeatedly
chemical runoff · salt spray · abrasion · tearing · soil erosion · fungal infection · root rot · wilting · necrosis · waterlogging · sunscald · leaf scorch · pest · rot · chewed · blight · dying · spotted
- fertilizer damagefertilizer burn, leaf burn, leaf scorch, salt buildup
- weather damageice storm, lightning strikes, storm surge, lightning strike, ice dam
- air pollutionsmog, air pollution, emissions, air pollutants, pollutants
- Acid Rainacid rain, acidification, sulfur dioxide, SO2, sulfuric acid
- Ozoneozone, ozone layer, ozone hole, ozone depletion, stratospheric ozone
- slug controlslug bait, snail bait, slug pellets, slugs, snails
plant damagethriving
Succeeding vigorously
flourishing · regeneration · bumper crop · recovery · new growth
plant damagebountiful harvest
Exceptionally productive growing season