When I think of Worcester’s urban forest, I picture the giant European beech (Fagus sylvatica) trees that many of my neighbors have in their front yards. These trees, native to much of Europe, have ...

Anthracnose, a fungal disease affecting maple trees, is prevalent in Greater Columbus due to the cool, wet spring. The disease causes brown leaf spots, curling leaves and premature leaf drop, but ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Beech trees across the state are seeing worsening symptoms of the fast-spreading complex beech leaf disease, according to the ...

Oak trees produce acorns in abundance every few years in a process known as mast seeding. Two years later, Lyme disease follows like clockwork. As hikers return to lush trails each summer, ready to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A group of young cedar trees infected with blight - N. Mitchell/Shutterstock There's nothing quite as majestic and imposing as a ...

Some trees and shrubs have a bad reputation for being susceptible to diseases: lilacs to powdery mildew, junipers to juniper tip blight, flowering crabapples to apple scab, and elms to Dutch elm ...

EGREMONT — Berkshire County's most photographed tree got a special injection Friday morning to protect it from Dutch elm disease. Early Friday, before the daily heat could set in, a crew from ...