Forest Management Vocabulary

verb to drain of strength or energy; weaken

adjective weakened or drained of strength or energy

• The long hours of work sapped his energy, leaving him feeling exhausted.
• Staying up late playing video games sapped all of my energy.
• The intense workout completely sapped me.
• The constant stress of the job sapped her enthusiasm for the project.

noun a woody perennial plant, typically having a single stem or trunk growing to a considerable height and bearing lateral branches at some distance from the ground.

• The oak tree in the park is over a hundred years old.
• Let's go sit under that big tree over there.
• That tree is lit, dude!
• The family tree represents our ancestry and heritage.

noun the larva of an acorn weevil, which feeds on acorns

• The acorn weevil is a type of beetle that lays its eggs inside acorns.
• I saw a weird bug called an acorn weevil crawling on the oak tree.
• That acorn weevil is one funky looking bug!
• Just like the acorn weevil burrows into the acorn, some people can be invasive in your personal space.

• The adelges insect is a serious threat to the health of pine trees.
• I heard adelges are causing a lot of damage to the pine trees in the park.
• Those adelges are messing up the trees big time!
• Like adelges slowly draining the life out of a tree, toxic relationships can slowly drain the life out of a person.