Beech bark disease (BBD) is a complex forest syndrome that poses significant threats to beech-dominated ecosystems in North America and Europe. Initiated by the feeding activity of the scale insect ...
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, ...
EMPIRE, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- The latest efforts to combat beech bark disease are underway at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Beech bark disease is caused by two organisms: an invasive insect ...
LEELANAU COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- Beech bark disease is taking over America's beech trees and the plant biologists in Michigan have come together to find a way to fight it. Kirk Acharya at the ...
Beech trees, one of the most abundant and crucial hardwood trees in New Hampshire, are getting pummeled by beech leaf disease this season. “The trees actually look quite terrible,” said Jeff Garnas, ...
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 ...
TRAVERSE CITY — Snow-covered trees are the stuff of winter wonderland lore, but a white waxy residue on beech tree bark is the sign of what’s becoming a tragic story. Another invasive pest, the beech ...
Look up through the leaves of almost any native hardwood forest in Southern Berkshire County today, and you might notice an unhealthy, strange striping to some beech leaves. Then, on closer ...