It's no day at the beach for beech trees on Cape Cod these days. A malady known as beech leaf disease (BLD), first detected in Ohio in 2012, has made its way to Massachusetts, where it was first seen ...
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 ...
HYANNIS — Driving by the Davenport-Mugar Cancer Center at Cape Cod Hospital, Kim Wolfe noticed something missing, something big. A large beech tree, known to patients as the “healing tree,” and the ...
Well, I had just about had it. The trip home from an Orleans grocery expedition had ground to a steamy halt somewhere in Eastham. The traffic was fierce and my precious Yasso frozen Greek yogurt bars ...
Do you have a street in your town named Beech Street or maybe a Beech Hill? You probably don’t give it another thought, but the American beech tree is really special – and they’re now under threat. So ...
Earthwise Aware president Claire O’Neill points out some beech leaves that have a small amount of beech leaf disease at the Middlesex Fells in Winchester. Credit: Jesse Costa, WBUR This article is ...
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 ...