Close up, the tree seemed to have a giant rash, the sign of beech bark disease. Skip to main content Turn off refresh. Currently Reading. Beech bark disease took the big, old tree by the cabin.

Beech bark disease slipped into North America in 1890, courtesy of ornamental trees shipped from Europe to Nova Scotia. The disease was discovered in Michigan in 2000.

Sean O'Brien, from the UNH Cooperative Extension, takes a look at how beech leaf disease spreads and the signs to help you identify if one of your trees is infected.

"While beech bark disease can be a very damaging agent, it is a relatively slow-moving complex," wrote DNR forest health specialist Roger Mech.

It’s time to appreciate the iconic American beech tree; it comprises nearly 40% of our northern forests, and the species ...

It's called beech bark disease and it was discovered in Maine and Nova Scotia decades ago. The disease has killed beech trees throughout the Northeast, and it's spreading.

With beech bark disease — caused by a tiny insect called a scale that burrows into trees and then makes them susceptible to a fungal infection — adult trees are weakened internally, ...

The American beech tree, Fagus grandifolia, remembered by some as the tree with messages carved in its smooth gray bark, was the NH Big Tree Committee's Big Tree for the month of August. Daniel ...

Beech bark disease has afflicted the trees for about 100 years. Kat Bolus / WVIA News. Pat McElhenny, Pennsylvania Stewardship Manager at The Nature Conservancy (TNC), ...

The latest efforts to combat beech bark disease are underway at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Wed, 07 Aug 2024 18:44:25 GMT (1723056265702) Story Infinite Scroll ...