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 ...

A leaf from a tree in West Rock Ridge State Park in New Haven shows symptoms of infection from Beech Leaf Disease. Beech trees provide food for animals, timber for wood products, and sustenance for ...

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" ...

A new study from Holden Forests & Gardens and a team at USDA Agricultural Research Service confirms that beech leaf disease—a fast-spreading disease already devastating American beech across eastern ...

GREEN. WE ARE AT SANBORN MILLS FARM IN LOUDON. I’M JOINED BY SEAN O’BRIEN WITH UNH COOPERATIVE EXTENSION. SEAN, WE’RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE BEECH TREE TODAY. VERY COMMON SPECIES HERE IN NEW ENGLAND.

Pennsylvania naturalists are keeping an eye on a disease that has been killing beech trees in the eastern U.S. for more than a decade, but has begun spreading more rapidly in the past three years.

Its nuts, rich in fat and protein, provide food for much of the forest fauna, along with forest habitat for a wide range of wildlife. Left untreated it is estimated the demise of a beech tree with BLD ...

A new study found differences at the cellular level of leaves from infected Beech trees -- variations that may account for tree mortality. Beech trees provide food for animals, timber for wood ...