Yahoo

The threat facing American beech trees | Gardener State

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of my favorite trees is the iconic American Beech (Fagus grandifolia). I love its smooth, light bluish gray bark — the silvery ...
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 ...
The Vindicator

The Buckeye state sees its beech trees under attack

They were here 40 years ago when I moved in. Only when the stately, smooth gray barked giants on my wooded lot annually dropped their beech nuts, protected in their soft but spiny shells, did I really ...
The Atlantic

The Beech and the Pigeon

A BEECH is, in almost any landscape where it appears, the finest tree to be seen. There are - many taller trees, and many that attain to moments of showier glory, like the Sugar Maple in autumnal ...
The Boston Globe

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

In the early part of the 20th century, the American chestnut was ravaged by an invasive fungus that arrived from Asia. That fungus made the American chestnut functionally extinct, and although some ...