American beeches have been suffering recently from a disease widespread in both Connecticut landscapes and forests.

The American beech, Fagus grandifolia, is a North American staple and the dominant species in many northeastern forests. In 2012, a new disease was first spotted, infecting trees in northeastern Ohio.

One of my favorite trees is the iconic American Beech (Fagus grandifolia). I love its smooth, light bluish gray bark — the silvery green leaf in spring that gradually changes to a dark green in summer ...

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 ...

Pat McElhenny, Pennsylvania Stewardship Manager at the Nature Conservancy, explains one of two diseases impacting beech trees. Beech trees are facing extinction. "When you say northern hardwood, that ...

In the early part of the 20th century, the American chestnut was ravaged by an invasive fungus that arrived from Asia. That fungus made the American chestnut functionally extinct, and although some ...

Beech leaf disease, caused by a nematode, is spreading through Washington County and Maryland, threatening beech tree populations. Beech trees play a vital role in forest ecosystems, contributing to ...

Sep. 28—GROTON — Noank resident Christopher Andrews has looked out at two copper beech trees at Spicer Park from his home for the past 50 years. He called copper beech trees the "queen of the forest" ...

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 ...

“It’s a statement tree,” says Rick Finneran, manager of facilities at the Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum, referring to the Copper Beech tree on the northwest corner of the property at 396 ...

SOUTH HADLEY — In 1904, a Mount Holyoke College botany professor, Asa Kinney, planted a copper beech on the campus in honor of his new daughter, Elizabeth Kinney. The tree continued to grow for 120 ...