One of my favorite trees is the iconic American Beech (Fagus grandifolia). I love its smooth, light bluish gray bark — the silvery green leaf in spring that gradually changes to a dark green in summer ...

Beech leaf disease has already made its way to 15 states and into Ontario, with alarming results. By Margaret Roach I am hardly alone among gardeners who have called upon a copper-leaved European ...

Monday is Valentine’s Day, and in days gone by, before there were Hallmark Greeting cards, candy, or long-stemmed red roses imported from South America, country folk would frequently avow their love ...

I'm puzzled by beech trees. They are deciduous and their leaves turn bronze in the autumn, but they don't fall off the tree. Instead, they hang on until spring when other plants are putting out their ...

Look up through the leaves of almost any native hardwood forest in Southern Berkshire County today, and you might notice an unhealthy, strange striping to some beech leaves. Then, on closer ...

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 BLD ...