Walk through a hardwood forest in southern New Hampshire this year, and you may notice something unusual. Instead of their usual lush green canopy, some American beech trees look a bit weary — their ...

Do you have a street in your town named Beech Street or maybe a Beech Hill? You probably don’t give it another thought, but the American beech tree is really special – and they’re now under threat. So ...

Map of spread of beach leaf disease This dark banding, visible on beech leaves from below, is a sure sign that beech leaf disease. A few weeks ago a reader suggested I write about beech leaf disease, ...

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 ...