Garden centers sell stump remover products that contain potassium nitrate or ammonium nitrate.

In addition, the colonization of decomposing fallen trees by nitrogen-fixing bacteria permits additional nitrogen accretion within the decaying wood (Cornaby and Waide; Dowding; Larsen and others; Melin and Nilsson; Silvester and others; Sollins and others; Swift. Many plants that die along with the leaves that fall from trees in the autumn will all rot down and become part of the forest floor.

They are decomposed by fungi. Sep 27, Some decomposers live in leaves or hang out in the guts of dead animals. These fungi and bacteria act like built-in destructors. This brightly colored fungus is one of thousands of decomposer organisms at work in the forest surrounding Lake Frank in Maryland.

Fungi secrete enzymes that break down the nutrients in the treefelling.barted Reading Time: 7 mins.