The American beech tree in Jim Berman and Liz Bryant’s Valparaiso backyard is officially the largest of its species in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of my favorite trees is the iconic American Beech (Fagus grandifolia). I love its smooth, light bluish gray bark — the silvery ...

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 ...

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 ...

Local landowners are encouraged to check their beech trees for signs of invasive beech leaf disease after the disease was found in St. Clair County earlier this year. The disease causes characteristic ...