Does the Beech Have Another Place in the Swiss Forest?
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New surveys show how violently the heat summer of 2026 increases the beech. The most common deciduous tree so far disappears.
This has never been the case in Styria: many trees already look partly like in October, many have dried up at all. Environmental experts are alarmed. Johannes Gepp, Styria's top conservationist, has seen almost everything in the decades of his work. "But that's never been the way it has been before," he says. "Let's take the birch: that individuals who are exposed to rocks get yellow leaves prematurely, that's always the way it is." But: "Here a…
The canicule summer of 2026 affected the forests of Switzerland, especially the beech, the most widespread deciduous tree in the country. This species died due to the persistent drought, in proportions never seen. To the point that, in the north-western part of the country, it could almost disappear.
The great heat and dryness make the Swiss forests to be created. "The beeches suffer the most," says Rolf Manser, the cantonal sponsor of Solothurn. How much rain he wants. And what our forests will look like in 30 years' time.
The forests in all of Germany have not been well for some time. Besides heat and pests, the blackberry can also be fatal to the trees.
Leaves become brown and fall like in autumn: The heat causes stress in many trees. What can you do about it?
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