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, ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - An 85-foot copper beech tree on the Portland State University campus has stood as a living piece of Portland history for roughly 135 years, surviving decades of urban ...

Beech Leaf Disease is spreading around the Northeast and the microscopic worms that come with it are attacking trees in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Arborists have been working on a potential ...

In school we all learned how crucial trees are to our environment (crib note — they keep us alive), but aside from their ecological benefits, trees are beloved for numerous other reasons. Kids love to ...

DONE TO STOP IT. USUALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR THEY WOULD BE FULL OF LEAVES. WE COULDN’T SEE THROUGH THE CANOPY, BUT TAKE A WALK THROUGH RAVENSWOOD PARK IN GLOUCESTER AND YOU’LL SEE A PROBLEM AS CLEAR AS ...

Trees cannot speak for themselves. There are times when humanity must speak for them. Our beloved beech trees are in peril. I have already written too many eulogies this year so I am hoping Mother ...

Viki: This week on the Local Food Report, grieving the beech trees of Provincetown’s beech forest—and the nuts they’ve long provided. In 2022, naturalist and artist Grace Emmett of Brewster began ...

Craig Kuhn paused mid-sentence to apologize for “being depressing.” As manager of the forest pest program for the Maryland Department of Agriculture, he knows it comes with the territory — especially ...

Beech trees, one of the most abundant and crucial hardwood trees in New Hampshire, are getting pummeled by beech leaf disease this season. “The trees actually look quite terrible,” said Jeff Garnas, ...

The department discovered those dead trees earlier this month in Knox County and Waldo County. The disease was first detected in Maine in 2021. Now it’s in all 16 counties. Beech leaf disease is ...

Beech leaf disease has already made its way to 15 states and into Ontario, with alarming results. By Margaret Roach I am hardly alone among gardeners who have called upon a copper-leaved European ...