Course Description and Credit Information

Course Description:

This course examines the identification, diagnosis, and management of beech leaf and bark diseases in ornamental, urban, and woodland settings. Landscape architects will learn to recognize visual symptoms such as leaf banding, canopy decline, bark lesions, scale-related damage, and secondary fungal impacts. The course emphasizes integrated management, monitoring, sanitation, site stress reduction, species selection, and the role of collaboration with arborists, pathologists, and public agencies when managing high-value beech trees.

 

Learning objectives

1. Recognize common visual symptoms associated with beech leaf and bark problems.

2. Explain how stress, insects, pathogens, and site conditions can interact in beech decline.

3. Identify management strategies that support beech health and reduce disease spread.

4. Determine when professional diagnosis, monitoring, or removal decisions may be needed.


 General Course Information

Credits

1.0 CEU/CE/PDH/CH

HSW

Yes

Format

Pre-recorded webinar

Presenter

Industry Expert


US State, District, and Territory Approvals

LA CES Approved

Yes

States, Districts, and Territories: AK, AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, MT, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV, WY

Yes

North Carolina

Yes

Florida

Yes

New York
  ***Each licensee is responsible for determining if this course meets the state requirements

***

GA, MI, and MN
 **Explanation: There is no process to get courses pre-approved in your state, but there should be no issues getting this course approved.
  If not approved, we will exchange it for another course or provide a full refund.

Yes
**See explanation

 

Canada Provinces and Territories

British Columbia

Yes, per reciprocity with LA CES

Ontario

Yes, per reciprocity with LA CES

Alberta

Yes, per reciprocity with LA CES

Manitoba

Yes, per reciprocity with LA CES

 


Course curriculum

    1. Video

    1. Quiz

    1. Survey

About this course

  • $29.95
  • 3 lessons
  • 1 hour of video content