Bluebells growing beneath an ancient pollarded beech tree in Savernake Forest, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Ancient beech tree in deciduous woodland near Callander, Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Early spring sunlight on the avenue of ancient beech trees near Kingston Lacy, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Ancient beech tree with enormous spreading branches, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Autumn colors at Hainich National Park, an Ancient and Primeval Beech Forest, Thuringia, Germany, Europe

Ancient beech tree in The Wychwood Forest, Leafield, The Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, UK

Ancient beech tree in The Wychwood Forest, Leafield, The Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, UK

Lady-fern (Athyrium) growing between the moss-covered trunk of an old Beech (Fagus) tree, ancient forest of Sababurg, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Old Signpost Eiserne Hand (iron hand). The woodland Hainich in Thuringia, National Park and part of the UNESCO world heritage - Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany. Europe, Central Europe, Germany, Thuringia

Weberstedter Kreuz (Weberstedter Cross). The woodland Hainich in Thuringia, National Park and part of the UNESCO world heritage - Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany. Europe, Central Europe, Germany, Thuringia