The classic and trusted book “Fifty Common Trees of Indiana” by T.E. Shaw was published in 1956 as a user-friendly guide to local species. Nearly 70 years later, the publication has been updated ...

Two of my favorite spring plants, almost entirely based upon their progression from bud to leaf, are beech trees and false hellebore (a common wetland plant). I was thinking about why they are so ...

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Each summer, like clockwork, millions of beech trees throughout Europe sync up, tuning their reproductive physiology to one another. Within a matter of days, the trees produce all the seeds they’ll ...

Above: This photo tells an entire story. Taken at Roan Mountain State Park in Tennessee in January, it shows most of the deciduous trees are bare. However, you can easily see the light tan colors of ...

A new tree disease has spread in forests in Massachusetts, joining invasive pests and climate change as top priorities for foresters to address. The state has found beech leaf disease in more than 90 ...

Arborists are sounding the alarm about a microscopic invasive worm devastating one of New York's most common tree species. Beech Leaf Disease is a mysterious malady that is contributing to a localized ...

A confounding new disease is killing beech trees in Ohio and elsewhere, and plant scientists are sounding an alarm while looking for an explanation. Researchers and naturalists in northeastern Ohio ...

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 ...