Through luck or (hopefully) genetics, this mighty tree has avoided contracting beech bark disease—a fatal fungal pathogen ...

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

Michigan is the ninth U.S. state to report beech leaf disease. There's no effective treatment for the disease, which can kill a tree in 6-10 years.

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 ...

Beech leaf disease harms the leaf tissue of beech trees. According to DNR, there are 37 million American beech trees in the state and the species is important to the forest and its wildlife.

The beech tree — present in all 88 counties — plays an important role in Ohio's forests, serving as a food source and even a home for a vast array of wildlife. According to the Ohio Department ...

A new disease affecting beech trees has spread across the state, and foresters in the northeast believe it could be potentially devastating.Beech leaf disease was first detected in Ohio in 2012 ...

A new disease impacting beech trees has spread across the state, and foresters in the northeast believe it could be potentially devastating. Beech leaf disease was first detected in Ohio in 2012 ...

Beech leaf disease was added to Michigan’s invasive species watch list in January 2021 to encourage nurseries, foresters, residents and land managers to look for and report suspected infestations.