European beech is a cornerstone of native forests in Europe as well as a common ornamental species planted across North America. To date, beech leaf disease has not been reported in Europe.

First noticed in Ohio in 2012 and in Massachusetts in 2020 in Plymouth and Bristol counties, beech leaf disease had been ...

The Maryland Department of Agriculture announced there are worsening conditions of beech leaf disease in the state.

In heavily affected areas, up to 30% of beech trees are killed within seven years of contracting beech leaf disease.

Beech Leaf Disease was first discovered in the U.S. in 2012, when an outbreak was found in Lake County, Ohio. ... “The European beech is planted as an ornamental tree, ...

How To Identify Beech Leaf Disease. Beech leaf disease affects the American beech (Fagus grandifolia), a tree found in forests across the Eastern United States and parts of Canada, as well as European ...

Beech Leaf Disease, caused by foliar nematodes, is devastating beech trees in Oakland Forest and other areas. A research study is underway to test treatments, including fungicide injections and ...

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 ...

The nematode that causes beech leaf disease enters leaf buds and spends the winter in them, causing damage to leaf tissue on American, European and Asian beech species.

Local landowners are encouraged to check their beech trees for signs of invasive beech leaf disease after the disease was found in St. Clair County earlier this year.

A new study from Holden Forests & Gardens and the USDA Agricultural Research Service confirms that beech leaf disease—already devastating American beech trees in North America—also infects ...