sap-channel

Updated: May 5, 2025

Then in the fall come again the sapsuckers to the tree, remorselessly driving hole after hole through the still untouched segments of its circle of life. When the last sap-channel is pierced and no more can pass to the roots, the tree stands helpless, waiting for the end.

William Beebe - The Log of the Sun: A Chronicle of Nature's Year