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 ...

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 ...

American beeches have been suffering recently from a disease widespread in both Connecticut landscapes and forests.

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 ...

What’s a scientist to do, when you need to reach the highest leaves in the forest and a giant crane isn’t an option? Learn to use a crossbow. Kristen Goodhue Nearly every beech tree in Harvard Forest ...

But there’s hope, and that’s where Holden Arboretum is playing an important role, whether it’s researching spread of the disease, experimenting with insecticides, or trying to clone trees that are ...

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTY. THIS TREE IS PROBABLY OVER 100 YEARS OLD. HOWEVER OLD. THIS BEECH TREE IS 2023 WILL BE ITS FINAL YEAR. THE TREE STANDS OUT, NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF ITS AGE, BUT ALSO THE FACT ...

GLENSIDE — Copper Beech Elementary School recently celebrated Arbor Day and honored the life of its “ElemenTree”, the original European Copper Beech tree that stood on its property for a century and ...

Business owners at the corner of Southeast Troutdale Road and Stark Street wondered if the big tree would still be standing after construction crews moved in with heavy equipment to build a new park ...

The 300-year-old winner is a beloved symbol of its local community The Heart of the Dalkowskie Hills, a breathtaking 300-year-old beech, has won Poland the European Tree of the Year award for the ...

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 ...