Baltimore Watchdog Staff Writer
Maryland beech trees could be gone within the next 10 years because of a microscopic wormlike creature that feeds inside the leaf buds, according to state officials, private arborists and local botanists who were interviewed over the past few weeks.
The deadly consequences of beech leaf disease will impact the state’s forest lands as well as private landowners, experts said. Treatments for the disease can be prohibitively expensive, costing several hundreds of dollars for just one tree…