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Foresters: Spread of beech tree leaf disease ‘concerning’

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 years.
WTEN

Beech leaf disease: What it is, what to do about it

BOLTON, N.Y. (NEWS10) – A disease threatening one of the Adriondack Park’s most commonly-sighted trees has reared its head. Last week, the Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program (APIPP) reported a ...
The Vindicator

The Buckeye state sees its beech trees under attack

They were here 40 years ago when I moved in. Only when the stately, smooth gray barked giants on my wooded lot annually dropped their beech nuts, protected in their soft but spiny shells, did I really ...
MyCentralJersey

The threat facing American beech trees | Gardener State

Its nuts, rich in fat and protein, provide food for much of the forest fauna, along with forest habitat for a wide range of wildlife. Left untreated it is estimated the demise of a beech tree with BLD ...
Cleveland.com

Will beech trees go the way of the ash and the American elm? Holden Arboretum, others hope to prevent decimation of another native tree

But there’s hope, and that’s where Holden Arboretum is playing an important role, whether it’s researching spread of the disease, experimenting with insecticides, or trying to clone trees that are ...
Wicked Local

Are your beech trees looking ill this spring? It may be beech leaf disease. What to know.

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 ...
wnep

Another threat to trees in Pennsylvania forests

MONROE COUNTY, Pa. — A fast-moving disease is threatening the life of beech trees across the state and here in our area. It's the view behind Robin Miller's home in Tobyhanna Township that's ...
New Hampshire Public Radio

Something Wild: Appreciate the American beech

Do you have a street in your town named Beech Street or maybe a Beech Hill? You probably don’t give it another thought, but the American beech tree is really special – and they’re now under threat. So ...
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Beech leaf disease could have 'devastating impacts' on Maine's beech trees

The Maine Forest Service has reported the first deaths of beech trees caused by beech leaf disease. The department discovered those dead trees earlier this month in Knox County and Waldo County. The ...
The New York Times

What Our Beech Tree Teaches Us About the Possibility of the Future

Ms. Rush is the author of the book “The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth.” See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra más de nuestra cobertura en los ...
MLive

Sleeping Bear Dunes plants disease-resistant saplings in effort to save its beech trees

EMPIRE, MICH. -- The latest effort to combat a disease affecting beech trees at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore will continue after its initial project was deemed a success. Through a ...