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, ...

A new study from Holden Forests & Gardens and a team at USDA Agricultural Research Service confirms that beech leaf disease—a fast-spreading disease already devastating American beech across eastern ...

The once healthy beech tree at the center of Harris Courtyard behind Green Hall, deemed an extraordinary gem by the Paulson ...

A study led by scientists at the Holden Arboretum has found evidence that beech leaf disease (BLD) symptom development is genetically controlled, providing the first evidence that some American beech ...

Pat McElhenny, Pennsylvania Stewardship Manager at the Nature Conservancy, explains one of two diseases impacting beech trees. Beech trees are facing extinction. "When you say northern hardwood, that ...

In the early part of the 20th century, the American chestnut was ravaged by an invasive fungus that arrived from Asia. That fungus made the American chestnut functionally extinct, and although some ...

Beech leaves infected with beech leaf disease. Photo courtesy of the Vermont Department of Forest, Parks and Recreation For the first time in Vermont, state officials with the Vermont Department of ...

JERICHO, Vt. (WCAX) - A recently discovered disease is spreading deeper into Vermont’s forests. Beech trees are a common and essential part of Vermont’s landscape, providing food for wildlife, but the ...

As a parasite infects beech forests in the Eastern United States, a team of researchers is trying to fight back — before it’s too late. The mail is full of worms — and that’s exactly what plant ...

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 ...

IT’S LEAVING A GIANT PROBLEM IN ITS WAKE. BEECH TREES CAN BE FOUND ALL ACROSS BALTIMORE AND THE STATE, BUT THERE’S SOMETHING OUT THERE MAKING THEM SICK. AND YOU CAN TELL BY THE LEAVES. A BIG PROBLEM ...