bad news for beech trees

[Daniel]

I just got a call from someone who wanted 20 large beech trees removed... I haven't been there yet, but found this online:

https://www.psu.edu/news/agricultural-sciences/story/under-canopy-penn-state-researchers-study-beech-leaf-disease-pa-forests/

 

[ATH]

BLD is not new news....

@GregManning started a thread in 2016: https://www.treebuzz.com/forum/threads/beech-leaf-disease.33333/ It was new news then.

 

[Daniel]

I do vaguely remember hearing abotu it back then, but it becomes more of a concern when my customers' trees start dying...

 

[moss]

It is effecting Fagus grandifolia and F. sylvatica equally. Yet another tree species disaster in progress.
-AJ

 

[GregManning]

BLD is not new news....

@GregManning started a thread in 2016: https://www.treebuzz.com/forum/threads/beech-leaf-disease.33333/ It was new news then.

The BLD thread has been updated w/ many additions, maps, & info every year since 2016.

 

[Daniel]

thanks Greg.. I got caught up on that thread a little last night... I need a good cry on this one.... It's horrible...