Jun. 12—Pennsylvania naturalists are keeping an eye on a disease that has been killing beech trees in the eastern U.S. for more than a decade, but has begun spreading more rapidly in the past three ...

In just a decade, this unusual disease has spread from Ohio across the Northeast. Scientists are testing treatments, but answers come slowly. Backlit leaves of an American beech tree show dark bands, ...

And while it might feel disheartening that such a serious issue started so close to home, it’s also a powerful reflection of the strength of Northeast Ohio’s conservation community. Volk notes that ...

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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, ...

Over the years Ohio trees have had a continuing list of problems. Oak wilt is currently affecting oak trees. Before that, there was the Emerald Ash Bore for ash trees and earlier there was Dutch Elm ...

A scanning electron microscope reveals nematodes (highlighted in green) inside the spongy mesophyll of a European beech (Fagus sylvatica) leaf infected with beech leaf disease (BLD). Eggs are marked ...

Beech trees, one of the most abundant and crucial hardwood trees in New Hampshire, are getting pummeled by beech leaf disease this season. “The trees actually look quite terrible,” said Jeff Garnas, ...

Beech leaf disease is out there once again, decimating beech trees in Massachusetts, as it has in the past. It's a relatively new tree disease, which first appeared in 2012 in Ohio, and has since ...

Look up through the leaves of almost any native hardwood forest in Southern Berkshire County today, and you might notice an unhealthy, strange striping to some beech leaves. Then, on closer ...