Now’s a good weekend to check any beech trees on your property for the tell-tale sign of a new and potentially fatal disease. The disease is called beech leaf disease, and it’s now spread to all 67 ...

Near the bottom of a shady hillside in Jericho, a lone beech tree stretches high into the canopy, a relic of a bygone forest. Through luck or (hopefully) genetics, this mighty tree has avoided ...

A new tree disease has spread in forests in Massachusetts, joining invasive pests and climate change as top priorities for foresters to address. The state has found beech leaf disease in more than 90 ...

Invasives have largely wiped out the American chestnut and elm, caused “hell” with the beech, and are now wreaking havoc on the eastern hemlock and white ash Signs of beech bark disease on the bark of ...

Trees cannot speak for themselves. There are times when humanity must speak for them. Our beloved beech trees are in peril. I have already written too many eulogies this year so I am hoping Mother ...

The tall, slender beech trees with their dark green, dense crowns – the very symbol of the temperate forests in Europe – may have disappear from many landscapes by the turn of the next century. Today, ...

A new pathogen has been detected in the Adirondacks. Beech Leaf Disease has the potential to spread rapidly. The Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program held a seminar recently bringing together plant ...

European beech trees, a key species in central Europe’s forests, are showing remarkable adaptability underground. A new study published in Forest Ecosystems reveals that these trees adjust the ...