But although the Taiwan red pine does not fear forest fires and has escaped the ravages of man's axes, it may be no match for the onslaught of a tiny nematode worm.
志比青松雪後凋，不畏野火、又躲過人類斧斤浩劫的二葉松，卻無法抵擋小小線蟲的侵襲。