The field guide helps identify common Indiana woodlot trees. Each week ... This week, we introduce the beech, or Fagus grandifolia. The Beech is easily identified by its smooth gray bark and its ...

Beech leaf disease is thought to be caused by an invasive worm called a nematode that attacks the tree’s buds and damages so many leaves it ... afflicted with beech bark disease.

Decimated by the beech bark disease and then treated as a ... Another unusual characteristic of beech trees is that many ...