winter kill
Frost destroys the crop
Winter kill refers to the death of plants, fish, or other organisms due to harsh winter conditions.
Plants may winter kill from extreme cold, ice damage, or desiccation when frozen ground prevents root uptake.
Fish winter kill when ice-covered lakes become oxygen-depleted.
As a verb: Half the strawberry crop winter killed last year.
- diebackPlant tissue dying progressively
- overwinterSurvive the cold season
- frostbiteFreezing of body tissue
- cold snapBrief period of bitter chill
- winterkillDeath from cold exposure
deep freeze · bitter cold · below zero · death · snow cover · hard freeze · mortality · crop damage · crop loss · subzero temperatures · ice fishing · wind chill · frost heaving · thaw · snowpack · ground frost · hypothermia · ice storms
- cold damagefrostbite, hypothermia, frozen pipes, burst pipes, ice dam
- Farming Weatherfrost, drought, hail, rainfall, growing season
- tree problemscrack, dead wood, dieback, rot, wound
- Beekeeping Problemscolony collapse, starvation, CCD, swarming, parasites
- deer ailmentsbrainworm, prion disease, wasting syndrome, lungworm, lungworms
- die-offsmass mortality, mass extinction, population crash, colony collapse, winterkill
winter killdrought damage
Harm from prolonged dryness
sunscald · heat stress · scorching · sun damage · desiccation
winter killwinter survival
Persisting through freezing conditions
cold hardiness · overwintering · cold tolerance · frost resistance
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