A giant camphor tree that must be several hundred years old grows in the big park near the protagonist's house. One day, the protagonist as a little kid sees a mysterious old woman standing before ...
The ambrosia beetle has been found to kill other trees in the laurel family, such as avocado (P. americana), swamp bay (P. palustris), Pondberry (Lindera melissifolia), Pondspice (Litsea aestivalis), ...