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The Maryland Department of Agriculture announced there are worsening conditions of beech leaf disease in the state.
Unfortunately, there is a substantial threat to this tree that spans across the eastern United States — beech leaf disease ...
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.
One of these was going to be my population of young beech trees. But, this spring, many of the beech leaves have been a ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
Beech leaf disease affects and kills native and ornamental beech tree species. A microscopic nematode wormlike creature, scientifically known as Litylenchus crenatae maccannii, ...