U.S. for more than a decade, but has begun spreading more rapidly in the past three years. Beech leaf disease is believed to ...

seven beech saplings created from disease-resistant American beech tree cuttings were successfully grafted and planted in early November 2022, park officials announced this week. The project ...

“Beech trees are succumbing to it and I don’t know what the future holds.” Beech saplings seem to be especially vulnerable to the disease, but older trees can succumb as well. In the ...

But an invasive pest is imperiling the state's beech population, impacting saplings and seedlings the ... in Munroe Falls Metro Park. The beech tree — present in all 88 counties — plays ...

Beech leaf disease is out there once again ... remain visible throughout the growing season. She added that sapling-sized trees could die in two-to-five years, once infected.

His beech trees and others across the state could be hit with a double whammy. Researchers discovered beech leaf disease in 2023. State forester Josh Halman says it spreads faster ...

Nor had we heard of beech leaf disease, a poorly understood malady spreading across North America at a surreal rate, rapidly killing both mature trees and saplings. My husband walked toward the ...

Maryland's beech trees face worsening disease outbreak. Learn signs, mitigation tips and how to report sightings to safeguard ...

That handful of specimens helped her return to Ludington some two decades later, with almost 250 beech bark disease-resistant saplings in tow. And Koch’s work helped reignite an otherwise sleepy ...