On a recent walk through a beech forest, I noticed a large number of small, unobtrusive fall wildflowers - beechdrops. These are one of my favorite wildflowers, primarily because (spoiler alert) they ...

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 ...

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 ...

In a Holden Arboretum greenhouse lined with rows of potted trees, researcher David Burke points to dark banding patterns on one leaf – a sign of a relatively new disease that is afflicting area beech ...

A new tree disease has spread in forests in Massachusetts, joining invasive pests and climate change as top priorities for foresters to address. The state has found beech leaf disease in more than 90 ...

Pennsylvania naturalists are keeping an eye on a disease that has been killing beech trees in the eastern U.S. for more than a decade, but has begun spreading more rapidly in the past three years.

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 ...

Beech leaf disease, caused by a type of microscopic worm, has spread rapidly across the eastern U.S. and parts of Canada since first detected in Ohio in 2012. The disease interferes with chlorophyll ...

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 ...