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Beech Bark Disease: Beautiful But Deadly
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December 23, 2020February 16, 2021

Beech Bark Disease: Beautiful But Deadly

Have you noticed a patchy-red fungus growing on the bark of American beech trees, or tiny white specks stuck to the bark? This is beech bark disease. To look at, it can be beautiful, but in our forests it is deadly. The white specks on the bark are the by-products (aka poop) of the beech...