Beech bark disease (BBD) poses a significant threat to northern hardwood forests, which are characterised by mixed stands of American beech, sugar maple and yellow birch. The disease arises when the ...

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, ...

Near the bottom of a shady hillside in Jericho, a lone beech tree stretches high into the canopy, a relic of a bygone forest. Through luck or (hopefully) genetics, this mighty tree has avoided ...

I’ve always found slender, sharp, yellow-ochre beech leaves alluring, and it’s endearing how they cling onto saplings late into the fall. However, Fagus grandifolia, the American beech, tends to get a ...

American beech Fagus grandifolia) is one of the dominant trees in the northern forest. Do you have a street in your town named Beech Street or maybe a Beech Hill? You probably don’t give it another ...