And what we're seeing is not just the potential death of the Eastern Hemlock species -- that is to say, its extinction from nature due to this invading parasite -- but we're also seeing the death of an incredibly complex ecosystem for which these trees are merely the substrate for the aerial labyrinth of the sky that exists in their crowns.
而且我们现在看着的并不仅仅是 加拿大铁杉灭绝的可能—— 换句话说，它们将灭绝于这种侵略性的寄生体—— 我们看到的更是一个令人难以置信般复杂的生态系统的死去 因为这些树是一个基座， 一个支撑着那些长在树冠上空中生态迷宫的基座。