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 ...

Adam Wild, the director of the Uihlein Maple Research Forest in Lake Placid, is out with a report on the economic potential of American Beech trees. The research is supported by the Northern New ...

LAKE PLACID - In the sprawling forests of northern New York, the nation’s largest source of tappable maple trees stand tall as sap flows through their branches to be boiled down into pure maple ...

More information: Brianna L. Shepherd et al, Fagus grandifolia growth and mortality a decade after the emergence of Beech leaf disease, Trees, Forests and People (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.tfp.2025.100836 ...

Beech Leaf Disease was first discovered in the U.S. in 2012, when an outbreak was found in Lake County, Ohio. The disease is thought to be connected to a nematode worm that enters trees through ...

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

Beech trees across the state are seeing worsening symptoms of the fast-spreading complex beech leaf disease, according to the Maryland Department of Agriculture. The disease affects all beech ...

Younger beech trees succumb to it within two to five years while mature and otherwise healthy beech trees may survive six to 10 years. A few may survive longer. BLD was first discovered in Lake ...

Beech nuts are a big part of the diet for everything from bears to chipmunks. For decades, the species has been struggling with beech bark disease, caused when scale insects burrow into trees ...

The disease, found on trees in Warren County, can kill young trees in a few years, and is common in other parts of New York By Mike Lynch, Adriondack Explorer Updated July 31, 2023 11:42 a.m.

Beech syrup samples produced for the NNYADP-funded research evaluating the economic feasibility of producing syrup from American beech trees; on the left, syrup made using reverse osmosis before ...