Near the bottom of a shady hillside in Jericho, a lone beech tree stretches high into the canopy, a relic of a bygone forest. Through luck or (hopefully) genetics, this mighty tree has avoided ...

Over the years Ohio trees have had a continuing list of problems. Oak wilt is currently affecting oak trees. Before that, there was the Emerald Ash Bore for ash trees and earlier there was Dutch Elm ...

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 ...

Brown leaf: Dark bands may remain visible on affected leaves during winter. Photo courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Forestry. (L); Withered leaves: Thick bands of leaf tissue may turn ...

Trees cannot speak for themselves. There are times when humanity must speak for them. Our beloved beech trees are in peril. I have already written too many eulogies this year so I am hoping Mother ...

Colin Griffin knew what he was seeing, and knew it wasn't good. On a guided woody plant walk Sunday in Wayne County's Rouge Park, the Southfield resident and self-described "amateur hobbyist botanist" ...

Each summer, like clockwork, millions of beech trees throughout Europe sync up, tuning their reproductive physiology to one another. Within a matter of days, the trees produce all the seeds they’ll ...

It may be the height of maple syrup season in the Northeast, but one researcher in northern New York has turned his focus to another type of sap. Adam Wild, the director of the Uihlein Maple Research ...

Beech leaf disease, caused by a nematode, is spreading through Washington County and Maryland, threatening beech tree populations. Beech trees play a vital role in forest ecosystems, contributing to ...