The Maryland Department of Agriculture announced there are worsening conditions of beech leaf disease in the state.

Research from Ohio, where the disease was first noticed by scientists in 2012, suggests beech trees with the disease tend to start dying about 6-10 years after becoming infected. Beech leaf disease ...

Beech trees can tolerate a lot of shade so they grow under local forest canopy, including oak trees, Cook said. As a forest ages out, the canopy gets gaps letting in more light.

Beech leaf disease was first identified in a few Massachusetts communities in 2020. It has since spread to over 90 communities. Because it's relatively new, researchers are trying different ...

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 ...

For the first time in Vermont, state officials with the Vermont Department of Forest, Parks and Recreation have confirmed the presence of a disease that infects the leaves of beech trees. Beech ...

Maza said a tree impacted by beech bark disease has a natural response to send up young shoots as a survival mechanism. When this occurs, thick areas of beech brush cover the forest understory ...

Beech saplings seem to be especially vulnerable to the disease, but older trees can succumb as well. In the northeast, the disease has appeared in beech stands on state forest land in Thornhurst ...

Beech leaf disease will only cause more problems for the species that's part of seven million acres of forest in the state, totaling approximately 37 million American beech trees.

A tiny worm is attacking beech trees across Massachusetts, and arborists say they're worried the long-term impact could devastate a species that's critical to the state's forests. The worm causes ...

Oakland Forest in Portsmouth is home to a 300 year old American beech forest. All of the trees there have beech leaf disease, which has no cure.