Dutch settler Flemmen Higbe likely planted the European beech to shade his lawn back in 1815.

One day my neighbor was taking a few photos in the woods of one of his favorite trees. It was a smaller deciduous tree that retains all of its leaves during the fall and winter months. Beech trees ...

Not all trees are created equal, at least not in the eyes of humankind. Over the years, as human needs drove the development of the timber industry, some trees were neglected in favor of more ...

The princess of the lake — her face freshly chiseled from the wood of a European copper red beech tree — looked out over the hundreds of people who had gathered in Lake Ronkonkoma for an event in her ...

The beech tree, with its gray bark and striking red foliage, is a staple of the state's landscape. American beech trees are native to the eastern U.S. and grow in most states. Colonists brought ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Beech trees are overrunning forests across the northeastern U.S., largely due to climate change, researchers say.

“It’s a statement tree,” says Rick Finneran, manager of facilities at the Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum, referring to the Copper Beech tree on the northwest corner of the property at 396 ...