GLENSIDE — Copper Beech Elementary School recently celebrated Arbor Day and honored the life of its “ElemenTree”, the original European Copper Beech tree that stood on its property for a century and ...
Its nuts, rich in fat and protein, provide food for much of the forest fauna, along with forest habitat for a wide range of wildlife. Left untreated it is estimated the demise of a beech tree with BLD ...
Beech leaf disease has already made its way to 15 states and into Ontario, with alarming results. By Margaret Roach I am hardly alone among gardeners who have called upon a copper-leaved European ...
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 ...
WESTFIELD — Newlyweds posed for portraits in front of it, children shared snacks under it, and bands performed beneath it, sheltered by its shade. But sadly, the stately beech tree that has stood at ...
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 ...
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 ...