It’s time to appreciate the iconic American beech tree; it comprises nearly 40% of our northern forests, and the species ...

A recently constructed trail through the Hungry Beech Preserve in Roane County ... down a path at the Hungry Beech ... the giant trees, but also 80 acres of younger forest that serves ...

One of these was going to be my population of young beech trees. But, this spring, many of the beech leaves have been a little funky. Their leaves are curled up and discolored…this is how I learned ...

Unfortunately, there is a substantial threat to this tree that spans across the eastern United States — beech leaf disease ...

Beech Leaf Disease, caused by foliar nematodes, is devastating beech trees in Oakland Forest and other areas. A research study is underway to test treatments, including fungicide injections and ...

In heavily affected areas, up to 30% of beech trees are killed within seven years of contracting beech leaf disease.

Port Orford cedar trees in Redwood National Park that were killed by the root disease caused by the pathogen Phytophthora lateralis. Credit: Richard Sniezko. In the early 2000s, U.S. Forest Service ...

Beech nuts are food for a lot of wildlife, so we’re not just talking about trees being affected.” Werner advised anyone who notices beech leaf disease on their trees to call a local arborist.

The young beech trees on her land are beginning to lose some or all their leaves. And ones that haven’t been defoliated have few leaves with some of them looking brown or crinkled. There’s a lot more ...

Once part of a larger medieval hunting forest, this site is now known ... enter the wood before descending gently to a beech tree clearing. Bear left at the clearing and take the left-hand rising path ...