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Fagus grandifolia - American beech is one of our keystone species here on the East Coast. The fruits or beech nuts attract deer, turkey, and a range of birds and other mammals. Their beautiful, smooth, gray bark gives it the nickname blackboard of the woods. Its massive root flare helps to support its massive structure. Typically, after 50 years, it usually starts pushing progeny off the massive root system. You can tell these are in the woodland when you see the ghostly leaves in a tan color in the wintertime. The flowers are monoecious (male and female on the same tree but in different structures). Currently, we are experiencing an increase in beech leaf disease, which is carried by nematodes.
Potassium phosphite is being injected into the trees to help boost the trees' immune system to fight off the fungal disease.