Duncan Usher / European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest in spring with road, Lower Saxony, Germany

Duncan Usher / European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) tree in Fir (Abies sp) forest, Lower Saxony, Germany, sequence 1 of 2

Duncan Usher / European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest in autumn, Germany

Duncan Usher / European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) tree in Norway Spruce (Picea abies) forest in autumn, Germany, sequence 2 of 2

Konrad Wothe / European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) canopy in autumn, Bavaria, Germany

Ingo Arndt / European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) trees in fall colors, Hessen, Germany

Konrad Wothe / European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest, Bayrischer Wald National Park, Bavaria, Germany

Aflo / N-5505 900-year-old European beech tree in field against clear blue sky {Fagus sylvaticus} Bavaria, Germany.

Ingo Arndt / European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) in autumn colors, Hessen, Germany

Ingo Arndt / European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) leaves, Germany

Thomas Marent / European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) leaves with frost, Switzerland

Ingo Arndt / European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) leaves, typical food for Fat Dormouse (Glis glis), Austria