Ms. Rush is the author of the book “The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth.” A few falls ago, a friend forwarded us a real estate listing. Though we were not really in the ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. The American beech (Fagus grandifolia) is the only species of beech tree ...

A new study found differences at the cellular level of leaves from infected Beech trees -- variations that may account for tree mortality. Beech trees provide food for animals, timber for wood ...

A leaf from a tree in West Rock Ridge State Park in New Haven shows symptoms of infection from Beech Leaf Disease. Beech trees provide food for animals, timber for wood products, and sustenance for ...

Beech drops among fallen beech leaves at Mount Loretto. (Clay Wollney) The answer is, nothing, really. In fact, the opposite is true. Beech drops are parasitic plants -- epifagus virginiana -- that ...

Recently, my daughter Kathy received an e-mail from her college friend Patti and she could hardly wait to share it with me. Patti's e-mail had to do with the story of the two copper beech trees that ...

If you have been to some parts of Europe, such as Germany, you may be familiar with the beautiful, tall and graceful-looking European Beech tree. It forms a very valuable part of the forest in that ...