Its nuts, rich in fat and protein, provide food for much of the forest fauna, along with forest habitat for a wide range of wildlife. Left untreated it is estimated the demise of a beech tree with BLD ...

Now’s a good weekend to check any beech trees on your property for the tell-tale sign of a new and potentially fatal disease. The disease is called beech leaf disease, and it’s now spread to all 67 ...

MIDDLETOWN — When you enter a beech forest and look up at the canopy, the leaf cover should be so dense that you see nothing but green. When Heather Faubert raised her eyes one recent morning inside ...

Do you have a street in your town named Beech Street or maybe a Beech Hill? You probably don’t give it another thought, but the American beech tree is really special – and they’re now under threat. So ...

As a professional forester and ecologist with both bachelor’s and master’s degrees, I am opposed to the massacre of American beech trees in a Chautauqua forest. First, because of the fungal disease.

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 ...