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

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

EMPIRE, MICH. -- The latest effort to combat a disease affecting beech trees at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore will continue after its initial project was deemed a success.

It has found beech saplings and small trees treated with phosphonate soil drenches respond favorably over time showing fuller and healthier canopies than untreated trees.

A patch of beech brush that has been defoliated due to beech leaf disease. Young beech trees and saplings are more susceptible to the disease, but mature trees can be impacted as well.

Werner said the Ohio pilot has had the best luck with sapling- sized beech trees. “They respond pretty well to the poly-phosphate treatment,” he said.

Beech saplings seem to be especially vulnerable to the disease, but older trees can succumb as well. In the northeast, the disease has appeared in beech stands on state forest land in Thornhurst ...

Beech leaf disease will be devastating — of that there’s no doubt. But Gore is already looking beyond it.

Experts say beech leaf disease has the potential to "change the ecology" of Massachusetts with the threat returning this season. The disease is known for decimating the beech tree population in ...

A patch of beech brush that has been defoliated due to beech leaf disease. Young beech trees and saplings are more susceptible to the disease, but mature trees can be impacted as well.