Unfortunately, there is a substantial threat to this tree that spans across the eastern United States — beech leaf disease ...

Beech trees across the state are seeing worsening symptoms of the fast-spreading complex beech leaf disease, according to the Maryland Department of Agriculture. The disease affects all beech species, ...

A few weeks ago a reader suggested I write about beech leaf disease, but I said it wasn’t that big a deal. Then I went for a ...

For questions regarding beech trees or anything else horticulturally related, please call our office at 732-431-7260. Dennis McNamara is an agriculture program associate at the Rutgers Cooperative ...

One of these was going to be my population of young beech trees. But, this spring, many of the beech leaves have been a ...

TANNERSVILLE — Marc Wolf steps off a trail at the Mountaintop Arboretum to examine a beech tree with mottled, bumpy bark. “This is pretty typical of beech bark disease,” he said. “Beech ...

These 5 tree species are dying. Scientists are racing to save them. Invasives have largely wiped out the American chestnut and elm, caused “hell” with the beech, and are now wreaking havoc on ...

Beech nuts are food for a lot of wildlife, so we’re not just talking about trees being affected.” Werner advised anyone who notices beech leaf disease on their trees to call a local arborist.

Yes, in places like Oakland Forest where beech is the primary species, the disease has spread fast and trees have died. But in other places, beeches may look worse for wear but they’re persevering.

Beech leaf disease affects and kills native and ornamental beech tree species. A microscopic nematode wormlike creature, scientifically known as Litylenchus crenatae maccannii, ...