Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X A new disease impacting beech trees has spread across the state, and foresters in the Northeast ...

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, ...

Pat McElhenny, Pennsylvania Stewardship Manager at the Nature Conservancy, explains one of two diseases impacting beech trees. Beech trees are facing extinction. "When you say northern hardwood, that ...

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 ...

She said the problem is microscopic worms called nematodes are eating the trees, which can cause the trees to die rapidly. According to the state, the first infected tree was found in Plymouth County ...

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, ...

BOLTON, N.Y. (NEWS10) – A disease threatening one of the Adriondack Park’s most commonly-sighted trees has reared its head. Last week, the Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program (APIPP) reported a ...

Threats to New Jersey's trees have long been a problem — from the chestnut blight of last century to more recent invasions such as a beetle wiping out thousands of ash trees and spotted lanternflies ...

ALBANY - The state Department of Conservation says it has now found a mysterious disease killing beech trees in 35 counties across New York state. Although there are no reports yet of what is known as ...

Local landowners are encouraged to check their beech trees for signs of invasive beech leaf disease after the disease was found in St. Clair County earlier this year. The disease causes characteristic ...

Arborists are sounding the alarm about a microscopic invasive worm devastating one of New York's most common tree species. Beech Leaf Disease is a mysterious malady that is contributing to a localized ...