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The Maryland Department of Agriculture announced there are worsening conditions of beech leaf disease in the state.
Unfortunately, there is a substantial threat to this tree that spans across the eastern United States — beech leaf disease ...
Beech trees across the state are seeing worsening symptoms of the fast-spreading complex beech leaf disease, according to the Maryland Department of Agriculture. The disease affects all beech species, ...
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 ...
Its nuts, rich in fat and protein, provide food for much of the forest fauna, along with forest habitat for a wide range of wildlife. Left untreated it is estimated the demise of a beech tree with ...
Lions have been dubbed the king of the jungle, but one could argue the real royalty are the trees, the massive woody beasts ...
That's the way Meredith Cochran describes the young stand of beech trees that is dying on the upper reaches of land she owns in Hancock behind her house. Three years ago, Cochran first noticed the ...
One of these was going to be my population of young beech trees. But, this spring, many of the beech leaves have been a little funky. Their leaves are curled up and discolored…this is how I learned ...
Can animals share the same space peacefully high above the ground in the treetops? A research team at the University of ...
Pennsylvania naturalists are keeping an eye on a disease that has been killing beech trees in the eastern U.S. for more than a decade, but has begun spreading more rapidly in the past three years ...
A few weeks ago a reader suggested I write about beech leaf disease, but I said it wasn’t that big a deal. Then I went for a ...