DETROIT – Beech leaf disease has been found in Michigan, making it the ninth state across the country with confirmed cases of the invasive species. Following its addition to Michigan's invasive ...

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 ...

Beech leaf disease is out there once again, decimating beech trees in Massachusetts, as it has in the past. It's a relatively new tree disease, which first appeared in 2012 in Ohio, and has since ...

A mysterious parasitic worm that infests trees has experts concerned about forests along the East Coast. Beech leaf disease was the first detected in Ohio in 2012. How it got to the state is unclear, ...

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 ...

Trees cannot speak for themselves. There are times when humanity must speak for them. Our beloved beech trees are in peril. I have already written too many eulogies this year so I am hoping Mother ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Spring is in full bloom and trees are budding across Western New York. As leaves begin to pop, the New York State Department of Conservation (DEC) says this is the perfect time to be ...

An invasive tree disease first detected in Michigan over the summer has now been found in three southeast Michigan counties, state officials said. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources reports ...

There are five invasive diseases that Michigan wants the public to be aware of. (DNR, USDA Forest Service, MDARD, Bugwood.org, OSU Extension) There are five invasive diseases that Michigan residents ...

Following its addition to Michigan's invasive species watch list last year, beech leaf disease has been found in an area of St. Clair County, according to the Michigan departments of Natural Resources ...