Without American beech as a resource, several wildlife and plant populations will be stressed, decline or be destroyed. For further information, visit njaes.rutgers.edu/E376/ .

Beech leaf disease has quietly raced across the country infecting a particular species of trees critical to forest ecosystems, the American beech. The mysterious condition has been shown to be ...

Since its discovery in 2012 in a grove above the Grand River, beech leaf disease has decimated large tracts of trees in several Lake County parks, and spread to nine other counties in Northeast ...

CHERRY CREEK – The American beech trees are on death row in Chautauqua County. A lot of death rows, actually. Their crime? The hostile takeover of a state forest. Starting this fall, beech trees ...

It’s time to appreciate the iconic American beech tree; it comprises nearly 40% of our northern forests, and the species could be decimated by beech leaf disease.

Of 263 American beech trees tracked at the Cuyahoga County research site, 30% have died since BLD was first observed in the area in 2014, with the most severe losses occurring in recent years.

Even under a microscope, the nematode Litylenchus crenatae subsp. mccannii doesn’t look like much. But it can bring a lot of damage: Researchers find it living in the buds of beech trees ...

Beech leaf disease, discovered in 2012, affects most beech species, in this case the American beech, an important tree of eastern North America known for its beautiful smooth-gray bark.

The massive American beech tree showcased in the River Campus park casts a long shadow. It is the largest of its species in the state, with a circumference of 16 feet and a height of 100 feet. The ...

Without American beech as a resource, several wildlife and plant populations will be stressed, decline or be destroyed. For further information, visit njaes.rutgers.edu/E376/ .

Unfortunately, there is a substantial threat to this tree that spans across the eastern United States — beech leaf disease (BLD). Left untreated, the demise of a beech tree with BLD occurs in 2-7 ...