Above: This photo tells an entire story. Taken at Roan Mountain State Park in Tennessee in January, it shows most of the deciduous trees are bare. However, you can easily see the light tan colors of ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 and ...

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 ...

And while it might feel disheartening that such a serious issue started so close to home, it’s also a powerful reflection of the strength of Northeast Ohio’s conservation community. Volk notes that ...

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 ...

Beech leaf disease is out there once again, decimating beech trees in Massachusetts, as it has in the past. It's a relatively new tree disease, which first appeared in 2012 in Ohio, and has since ...

Beech leaf disease has already made its way to 15 states and into Ontario, with alarming results. By Margaret Roach I am hardly alone among gardeners who have called upon a copper-leaved European ...

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Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Not all trees drop their leaves in the fall. Even in the height of winter ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. The American beech (Fagus grandifolia) is the only species of beech tree ...