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November 8, 2024
Holden researchers put forest management strategies to the test. Here’s what they found
By Anna Funk, Science Communication Specialist
Private landowners play a critical role in preserving Ohio’s natural heritage where a majority of the state’s eight million acres of forest are privately owned. To manage these forests, land... more

August 6, 2024
Happy birthday, Holden Seed Bank!
By Anna Funk, PhD, Science Communications Specialist
The Holden Seed Bank for regional restoration at the Holden Arboretum has just wrapped up its first year. We’re celebrating! We hope you’ll join us for “A Celebration of Seeds”... more

July 3, 2024
The Necessity of Scrub-Shrub and Young Forests
By Jessica Miller Mecaskey, Consulting Forester
Thick, tangled foliage. Stems teeming in the order of thousands per square meter. A seeming chaos of new growth. To a human, these places are an unnavigable mess of saplings... more

June 21, 2024
Continuing our Work on Beech Leaf Disease
By Sarah Kyker, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate
by: David Burke and Sarah Kyker If you live in northeastern Ohio, you probably have heard of beech leaf disease (BLD), which was first spotted in Lake County in 2012.... more

June 7, 2024
Seeking to Understand Disease Resistance in Crabapples
By Maris Hollowell, Emily Lewis, Na Wei
Unseasonably warm spring weather threw a curveball at researchers at the Holden Arboretum, who study the flowering time, pollinators, and microbiomes of crabapple trees. The crabapple plot at the arboretum... more

May 22, 2024
Beech Leaf Disease Research Update: The Impact on Microbial Communities
By Anna Funk, PhD, Science Communications Specialist
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (KIRTLAND) May 21, 2024 – Beech leaf disease is an emerging threat to American beech trees in the Great Lakes Region and northeastern U.S. Caused by a non-native,... more

March 21, 2024
Let’s Celebrate the Forest Today
By Rachel Kappler, PhD, Great Lakes Basin Forest Health Collaborative (GLB FHC) Coordinator
It is the International Day of Forests, a day to celebrate local forests and this year’s theme is Forestry and Innovation. You might be surprised to find out that Holden... more

March 13, 2024
Monitoring Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Colonization
By Danny Dlugos, PhD, Senior Research Specialist - Plant Breeding
Eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) is one of the most recognized trees in Northeast Ohio. Native to the eastern United States and Canada, it ranges from Nova Scotia south along the... more

February 29, 2024
Don’t Be Over-elm-ed When Planting a Tree
By Amanda Wood, Urban Community Forester
Even though the weather is still trying to figure out what it wants, spring is around the corner which means trees will be putting out leaves soon! This means that... more