In heavily affected areas, up to 30% of beech trees are killed within seven years of contracting beech leaf disease.

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Beech trees across the state are seeing worsening symptoms of the fast-spreading complex beech leaf disease, according to the Maryland Department of Agriculture.

Animal experts have rubbished the claim made by road chiefs that squirrels gnawing at a row of beech trees in Cornwall was putting motorists at risk of being hit by falling branches.