Mr. Wegman is a member of the editorial board. Off Route 6 on Cape Cod, a few miles in from the bay near Yarmouth, Mass., there hides a giant ancient English weeping beech. The tree is so big that it ...

It's no day at the beach for beech trees on Cape Cod these days. A malady known as beech leaf disease (BLD), first detected in Ohio in 2012, has made its way to Massachusetts, where it was first seen ...

It may be the shadiest place in Flushing. A massive weeping beech tree is located in the park on 37th Avenue bearing its name. The tree is part of the legacy of another weeping beech that lived in ...

With its multiple trunks, canopy draping to the ground and broad base, the weeping beech tree near the Gallaher Mansion at Cranbury Park is hard to miss and has long been an attraction among ...