When I think of Worcester’s urban forest, I picture the giant European beech (Fagus sylvatica) trees that many of my neighbors have in their front yards. These trees, native to much of Europe, have ...

A new study from Holden Forests & Gardens and a team at USDA Agricultural Research Service confirms that beech leaf disease—a fast-spreading disease already devastating American beech across eastern ...

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 ...

Radnor — Main Line School Night, in partnership with Shreiner Tree Care and its president, Steve Shreiner, will host an educational workshop titled “Beech Trees Under Threat: An Educational Session on ...

BLD is caused by a nematode, or microscopic worm, that parasitizes the leaves of beech trees. While European beech are often planted as specimen trees, American beech (Fagus grandifolia) makes up ten ...