Beech trees could become ecologically extinct across the eastern United States as the result of a baffling, fast-moving blight.
Beech leaf disease has impacted a large percentage of beeches in more than a dozen states, including Pennsylvania, where it is found in all 67 counties.
“It’s a complete mystery,” said Calvin Norman, a Penn State assistant teaching professor of forestry. “We don’t know how it got here.”
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