Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fall in Northeast Ohio wouldn't be the same without the golden-yellow color of beech trees' oblong shaped leaves. But an invasive ...

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, ...

GREEN. WE ARE AT SANBORN MILLS FARM IN LOUDON. I’M JOINED BY SEAN O’BRIEN WITH UNH COOPERATIVE EXTENSION. SEAN, WE’RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE BEECH TREE TODAY. VERY COMMON SPECIES HERE IN NEW ENGLAND.

In the early part of the 20th century, the American chestnut was ravaged by an invasive fungus that arrived from Asia. That fungus made the American chestnut functionally extinct, and although some ...

The heat of summer is upon us and what better way to enjoy it than a walk in the cool woods. We have a nice mixed stand of trees that grow along the little river that runs behind the house. There are ...

In a Holden Arboretum greenhouse lined with rows of potted trees, researcher David Burke points to dark banding patterns on one leaf – a sign of a relatively new disease that is afflicting area beech ...

September seems to be slipping by really fast, although technically it just seems that way. Perhaps that’s because as of Sunday morning, we’re officially in fall, or autumn. On the day of the fall ...

Brown leaf: Dark bands may remain visible on affected leaves during winter. Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Forestry. (L); Withered leaves: Thick bands of leaf tissue may turn ...

IT’S LEAVING A GIANT PROBLEM IN ITS WAKE. BEECH TREES CAN BE FOUND ALL ACROSS BALTIMORE AND THE STATE, BUT THERE’S SOMETHING OUT THERE MAKING THEM SICK. AND YOU CAN TELL BY THE LEAVES. A BIG PROBLEM ...

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 ...

Yellowing beech tree leaves may not be the result of a natural fall color change and could be due to an invasive species that recently made it to Vermont. Beech leaf disease was suspected in a case ...