Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Beech trees, part of the Fagus genus, are native to eastern North America and can grow all the way into Texas. They're known for ...

Growing up in the Allegheny Mountains, I spent the first part of my childhood with my grandfather and cousins learning about ...

A new disease impacting beech trees has spread across the state, and foresters in the northeast believe it could be potentially devastating. Beech leaf disease was first detected in Ohio in 2012 and ...

GREEN. WE ARE AT SANBORN MILLS FARM IN LOUDON. I’M JOINED BY SEAN O’BRIEN WITH UNH COOPERATIVE EXTENSION. SEAN, WE’RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE BEECH TREE TODAY. VERY COMMON SPECIES HERE IN NEW ENGLAND.

Brown leaf: Dark bands may remain visible on affected leaves during winter. Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Forestry. (L); Withered leaves: Thick bands of leaf tissue may turn ...

Even if you don’t recognize the American beech by name, you’ve surely seen the tree: it has distinctive, smooth, gray bark, often carved with people’s initials. In fact, beeches are the most common ...

The beech tree, with its gray bark and striking red foliage, is a staple of the state's landscape. American beech trees are native to the eastern U.S. and grow in most states. Colonists brought ...

Trees cannot speak for themselves. There are times when humanity must speak for them. Our beloved beech trees are in peril. I have already written too many eulogies this year so I am hoping Mother ...

A mysterious new disease called beech leaf disease, or BLD, is rapidly killing beech trees across New York State. BLD affects all species of beech trees, including American and European cultivars, ...