Trees can be identified in winter by observing their needles, bark, branching patterns, and buds. Distinctive bark, such as the smooth gray bark of a beech or the peeling white bark of a paper birch, ...

The photo is of a sycamore tree at Red-tail’s McVey Memorial Forest. A walk in the woods this time of year is different. It’s quiet and monochromatic. Other than the crunch of your shoes on frozen ...

Beech trees, part of the Fagus genus, are native to eastern North America and can grow all the way into Texas. They're known for bringing local wildlife to their branches, thanks to the beechnuts that ...

DURHAM – More than half of New Hampshire’s deciduous and mixed forest land is dominated by maple, birch and beech trees, which not only define the picturesque scenery but contribute to the economic ...

LEELANAU COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- Beech bark disease is taking over America's beech trees and the plant biologists in Michigan have come together to find a way to fight it. Kirk Acharya at the ...

Even if you don’t recognize the American beech by name, you’ve surely seen the tree: it has distinctive, smooth, gray bark, often carved with people’s initials. In fact, beeches are the most common ...

TRAVERSE CITY — Snow-covered trees are the stuff of winter wonderland lore, but a white waxy residue on beech tree bark is the sign of what’s becoming a tragic story. Another invasive pest, the beech ...