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1. Threats include black knot fungus, which infects twigs and branches, overharvesting and lack of management in forest stands, and the eastern tent caterpillar, which can defoliate the tree.
2. The most common disease is the cherry leaf spot, which can damage and sometimes kill the tree.

Answer:

1.  lost in the tall grass running wild
2. goats ate the leaves

          ln the poem , the cherry sapling threats are , lost in the tall grass                                          

          running   wild because it doesn't get enough sunlight

               and

                   If goats   ate the leaves, the plant can't make food because leaves                  

                 help in the preparation.