Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite ‘em, And little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum. John Nelson is the retired curator of the A.C. Moore Herbarium at the University of ...
When we moved into our home, we decided to create a backyard refuge for wildlife, as well as a private and peaceful place for ourselves. We built a patio, developed a small woodland over the years, ...
LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is alerting residents of an invasive plant disease detected within the state. We’re told beech leaf disease was discovered in St.
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 ...
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 ...
But there’s hope, and that’s where Holden Arboretum is playing an important role, whether it’s researching spread of the disease, experimenting with insecticides, or trying to clone trees that are ...
BOLTON, N.Y. (NEWS10) – A disease threatening one of the Adriondack Park’s most commonly-sighted trees has reared its head. Last week, the Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program (APIPP) reported a ...
“It’s a statement tree,” says Rick Finneran, manager of facilities at the Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum, referring to the Copper Beech tree on the northwest corner of the property at 396 ...
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 ...