WBUR

New disease continues to spread in beech trees across Mass.

A new tree disease has spread in forests in Massachusetts, joining invasive pests and climate change as top priorities for foresters to address. The state has found beech leaf disease in more than 90 ...

A tiny invader continues to decimate beech trees across New England. Here’s what to do if it attacks your yard.

This leaf disease has been firmly established in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut and has spread north into New ...
Iowa Public Radio

How to identify a tree’s species

Knowing a tree’s species is key to understanding their proper growing conditions, how to prune them and what insect and disease problems they might experience. Plus, tree identification is a great ...
The Star Press

Remember the three 'Bs' — branches, bark and buds — to identify trees in winter

A walk in the woods this time of year is different. It’s quiet and monochromatic. Other than the crunch of your shoes on frozen ground, there isn’t as much to see or hear as a forest in spring or ...
CAI

Grieving Provincetown's Beech trees—and the foods they've long provided

This week on the Local Food Report, grieving the beech trees of Provincetown’s beech forest—and the nuts they’ve long ...
Cleveland.com

Will beech trees go the way of the ash and the American elm? Holden Arboretum, others hope to prevent decimation of another native tree

But there’s hope, and that’s where Holden Arboretum is playing an important role, whether it’s researching spread of the disease, experimenting with insecticides, or trying to clone trees that are ...