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 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 ...

The sun blazes through the canopy now. Likely, all my beech trees are dying. Lake County in Northeast Ohio was the first to observe trees with this serious threat in 2012.

Beech Leaf Disease, caused by foliar nematodes, is devastating beech trees in Oakland Forest and other areas. A research study is underway to test treatments, including fungicide injections and ...

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

Many of Holden Arboretum’s younger beech trees have died since the disease was first reported at the Kirtland-based institution in 2014, while some of the mature trees have started to die as well.

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 ...

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 ...

BLD is a significant, frequently fatal disease of beech trees. 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 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 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 ...