WESTFIELD — For more than two centuries, residents of Westfield looked to the copper beech tree at the corner of Pleasant and Court streets for shade, inspiration and beauty. On Monday, the tree was ...

Trees cannot speak for themselves. There are times when humanity must speak for them. Our beloved beech trees are in peril. I have already written too many eulogies this year so I am hoping Mother ...

European beech trees, a key species in central Europe’s forests, are showing remarkable adaptability underground. A new study published in Forest Ecosystems reveals that these trees adjust the ...

It may be the height of maple syrup season in the Northeast, but one researcher in northern New York has turned his focus to another type of sap. Adam Wild, the director of the Uihlein Maple Research ...

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 ...

UK beech trees typically lose less than 5% of their seeds to Cydia because the cycles starve the moths into low numbers ready for masting years. But when trees are out of sync, seed loss can increase ...

In a Holden Arboretum greenhouse lined with rows of potted trees, researcher David Burke points to dark banding patterns on one leaf – a sign of a relatively new disease that is afflicting area beech ...

WESTFIELD — Newlyweds posed for portraits in front of it, children shared snacks under it, and bands performed beneath it, sheltered by its shade. But sadly, the stately beech tree that has stood at ...