"Beech leaf disease doesn't kill trees as quickly as some pests, but the cumulative impacts—slower growth, energy loss, increasing mortality—add up. Especially in a forest where beech is ...

When the tree drops its leaves in the winter ... when grown in hotter regions such as Zones 8 and 9. River birch is generally more disease resistant than other birches. However, be mindful ...

Trees affected by ash dieback disease are set to be felled over concerns ... He said native species such as oaks, hazel, birch and beech trees would be planted in place of the ash trees.