The emerald ash borer's larvae attack trees from within. Beech leaf disease from nematodes attack beech trees Various fungal species plague white pine trees. PAXTON – When it comes to invasive insects ...

BLD is caused by a nematode, or microscopic worm, that parasitizes the leaves of beech trees. While European beech are often planted as specimen trees, American beech (Fagus grandifolia) makes up ten ...

When I think of Worcester’s urban forest, I picture the giant European beech (Fagus sylvatica) trees that many of my neighbors have in their front yards. These trees, native to much of Europe, have ...

Isabel Prescott, owner of Riverview Orchards, thinks that Flemmen Higbe, a Dutch settler, planted the tree during his time on the farm from 1790 to 1820. The beech tree on the Riverview Orchards ...

Radnor — Main Line School Night, in partnership with Shreiner Tree Care and its president, Steve Shreiner, will host an educational workshop titled “Beech Trees Under Threat: An Educational Session on ...

As American beech trees go, the one in Jim Berman and Liz Bryant’s backyard is a whopper. At a circumference of 210.5 inches at the base, it’s officially the largest of its species in Indiana. “It is ...

American beeches (Fagus grandifolia) have been suffering recently from a disease widespread in both Connecticut landscapes and forests, Beech leaf disease (BLD), caused by a foliar nematode, ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - An 85-foot copper beech tree on the Portland State University campus has stood as a living piece of Portland history for roughly 135 years, surviving decades of urban ...

DONE TO STOP IT. USUALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR THEY WOULD BE FULL OF LEAVES. WE COULDN’T SEE THROUGH THE CANOPY, BUT TAKE A WALK THROUGH RAVENSWOOD PARK IN GLOUCESTER AND YOU’LL SEE A PROBLEM AS CLEAR AS ...

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 ...

Walk through a hardwood forest in southern New Hampshire this year, and you may notice something unusual. Instead of their usual lush green canopy, some American beech trees look a bit weary — their ...