A research study getting underway in Oakland Forest, an old-growth beech forest in Portsmouth, could shed light on treatments for beech leaf disease.

The trees she wasn’t looking for were everywhere: lumbering beeches in the conspicuous process of succumbing to beech bark disease. The deadly fungal infection often reveals itself through fluffy, ...

“Beech trees would typically have a perfectly smooth ... and whether any of this work will help is yet to be seen. The American elm and the American chestnut first flourished because of humans.

The American beech (Fagus grandifolia) is a medium to tall tree native to North America. A member of the Fagaceae family, this tree is closely related to other commonly known trees such as all species ...

A section of Stebbins Gulch and Bole Woods at Holden Arboretum were recently added to the national Old-Growth Forest Network.

Their surfaces are smooth and paper-like. In North America, all beech trees have green leaves. The American beech (Fagus grandifolia) is found in the eastern United States and in southeast Canada.

This particular volunteer has now outgrown the American beech Donna planted in ... of factors to consider when comparing the ...

and an emerging threat called Beech Leaf Disease (which is rapidly spreading on American beech trees throughout the eastern US. Our project has produced an American chestnuts variety with enhanced ...

(Photo by Art Smith) A recently constructed trail through the Hungry Beech Preserve ... the cove of large American beech and white oaks that fill 37 acres of giant trees, some of which measure ...