The Preservation Society of Newport County will host a free forum, “Iconic Trees of Newport II,” on May 8 at Rosecliff to address the variety of challenges facing urban forests, including the causes ...

Beech leaf disease is associated with the microscopic worm Litylenchus crenatae, a nematode. The worm enters and spends the winter in leaf buds. This causes damage to the leaf tissue on American ...

A decade after the emergence of beech leaf disease (BLD ... rates as high as 14% in 2022 alone." The disease, which is associated with the non-native nematode Litylenchus crenatae subsp.

The city’s eighth Lynn Tree Committee meeting brought a mix of celebration, concern, and collaboration on April 17 as local ...

Brandon: So, this is a leaf on a beech, and this is called beech leaf disease. Kevin ... Brandon: So, it's a nematode. It's a microscopic worm, of all things, and it goes inside the leaf, it ...

A New Threat: Beech Leaf Disease Now, the forest faces a new and urgent threat. Beech Leaf Disease (BLD), caused by the invasive nematode Litylenchus crenatae mccannii, has taken hold. The microscopic ...

The Preservation Society of Newport County will host a public forum on May 8 at Rosecliff to address mounting threats to the city’s urban forests, with a special focus on beech leaf disease (BLD ...

Gilles Gui was looking for the magical purple bluebells that raise their heads each spring under the budding beech leaves of the Hallerbos forest, an annual explosion of color that draws crowds ...