American beeches (Fagus grandifolia) have been suffering recently from a disease widespread in both Connecticut landscapes and forests, Beech leaf disease (BLD), caused by a foliar nematode, ...

The photo is of a sycamore tree at Red-tail’s McVey Memorial Forest. A walk in the woods this time of year is different. It’s quiet and monochromatic. Other than the crunch of your shoes on frozen ...

Even if you don’t recognize the American beech by name, you’ve surely seen the tree: it has distinctive, smooth, gray bark, often carved with people’s initials. In fact, beeches are the most common ...

A new disease impacting beech trees has spread across the state, and foresters in the northeast believe it could be potentially devastating. Beech leaf disease was first detected in Ohio in 2012 and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Beech leaf disease, characterized by linear bands on the tree’s leaves, was first noticed in American beech trees by Ohio biologist John Pogacnik. John Pogacnik/Lake Metroparks Ohio biologist John ...

If you want to be a true outdoorsman or woman, and a true survivor, you’ve got to become a plant person. I know, I know—it’s not as cool to walk around with your nose in a book as it is to sling lead ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development confirm a new disease has been found in the state that targets beech ...

A walk in the woods this time of year is different. It’s quiet and monochromatic. Other than the crunch of your shoes on frozen ground, there isn’t as much to see or hear as a forest in spring or ...