The Magic of the Beech Tree

The Beech Tree Is the latest addition to our collection of videos about trees. History,Folklore,Legends and strange customers connected to our trees.

[@madeirafonseca6383]

What a lovely presentation, and what a majestic tree.

[@frankshifreen]

Great video and you

[@muddydog6605]

Thank you! It makes me teary how some humans treat trees. Quite often those in power too. They give us life, heal us and all we have to do back is not slaughter them, it's not much to ask. I sleep next to a window and the other side is a beech tree. I know that beech tree has looked after me. In 20 years I've never once found a nut that wasn't already open though lol.

[@OSTENTUM1]

Glad you enjoyed the video. Walking in the ancient forest by us just lifts your day. So many birds and animals . Filming there is my favourite place to be. Each season so special. Each tree having it's own story.

[@Tipi_Dan]

My favorite tree since childhood: the smooth muscular bark slit with eyes that stare about in all directions; the tall, straight, silver columns of the trunks like pillars in forest settlings; the translucent leaves of the canopy that allow the cathedral to fill with emerald light! But these for me at first were our wildland native Fagus occidentalis in Connecticut. Yet I soon developed a special love for your Fagus sylvatica and its unique charms, visiting many plantings, some quite mature, and some magnificent purpurea. The magnificence of individual beech trees, and the very special qualities of mature beech forests, need more attention. Thank you.

[@pilgrimpits8872]

Very well said my fellow yank

[@JZ-gr1tz]

I love the way she make her narrative about all the trees knowledge. 🌳

[@timpatrick2109]

People used to live inside old hollowed out Sycamore trees also. Sad so many of these old growth trees are gone now they are magical and beautiful.

[@DYIguy]

Thanks for posting this history lesson about the Beech Tree. I actually have three of them in my backyard and all three of them are at least 100 years old and over 4 stories high never new they had this much history. I live in a town that was one of the original 13 English colonies dating back to 1711 so that can explain how these trees might have ended up in my backyard.

[@niklar55]

I'm jealous!😊

[@OSTENTUM1]

That for sharing. How lovely to have them in your own garden.

[@pilgrimpits8872]

1711?? My town goes back to 1620. We have many giant beeches scattered across our town. Sadly, they are in dire straits. There is a bark fungus that has weakened them but hasn't been fatal. More recently tho, a species of nematode has made a home in the leaves of the beeches and that is stressing them to the max.

[@lindachafin1998]

American Beech is native to North America and is probably the tree in your backyard. It is Fagus grandifolia; the English species is Fagus sylvatica.

[@DYIguy]

Wow 1620 that is impressive, I actually found out that the settlement started in 1704 and then become an official town in 1711 but still not as old as your town. @@pilgrimpits8872

[@ashhart2850]

Lovely story. The beech is a street tree around my neighbourhood in Port Adelaide South Australia and I love the colour and shade. They seem to cope with the climate just fine. Many thanks. 😎

[@JPLamoureuxsTravels]

Brilliant! I love tree lore! Subscribed ❤😉

[@damianjones6546]

There is a housing estate near me in Wales called 'The Beeches'. I guess it was given the name because of all the beech trees in the area.

[@Qingeaton]

I grow a lot of nut trees in Missouri, USA. Planted 2 beech trees 30 years ago and while they are growing quite well, they have not ever flowered yet. Then I looked it up and 30 years is about average for the first flowering.

[@OSTENTUM1]

I hope they will flower this year for you!

[@Qingeaton]

@@OSTENTUM1 A person would have to be very patient and start really young to be a beechnut farmer! You would look like Noah building an Ark with great effort and no visible return on it. I planted the trees, (which were already healthy 6' tall in burlap balls) when I was 30. I'm 61 now, so the hope is to see nuts before I die. LOL Thank God for the chestnuts and other stuff. I thought to carve a romantic image and surprise my wife until I learned how fragile their bark is. We are outside the native range of American Beech.

[@andnowi]

Apparently they flower only every 2 - 3 years. Poor wildlife.

[@OSTENTUM1]

A beech tree takes a long time to mature . 40 to 60 years.

[@Qingeaton]

@@OSTENTUM1 If Budweiser is "beech wood aged" they must own a million acres of beech trees.

[@hannahjones8992]

Thank you, I love beech trees, all trees really, but they're a very great favourite, and the information you've shared about them certainly explains more as to why I find them so magical 🙏🏻💖

[@tommytippy4448]

I found a lovely old Beech tree in the Highlands ,in the woods near where I lived,I called it the Druid tree,it was beautiful ,so pleased to learn more about these lovely Trees.

[@pedropincenzo4257]

In Ireland say my area. Tipperary. There are estates of magnificent beech and oak.sadly most are entwined in strangling ivy.. also agricultural mentality of a lot of uneducated to the biodiversity of tree species. Trees are disappearing at an alarming rate to firewood,especially oak and beech..none so more as now with the price of coal and fuel..hopefully your video will draw attention to make people think twice about the local bid /auction process here to fell 200/300 year old trees for firewood...the Irish govt should step in to give subsidies/ incentives to stop the needless eradication of this beautiful countryside. Unfortunately councils local districts politicians worship to the gods of Goldman Sachs and the European nato war machine money gods .natures well is poisoned its time everyone knows how deep..god bless the forest take a good look now, you may never see the likes. Of them again.

[@OSTENTUM1]

I agree with you. Our forests are so precious and our life source for survival . We need to preserve our forests as a top priority before it is too late.

[@madeirafonseca6383]

Is there anything stopping you from planting trees to replace the ones that get cut down?

[@pennyleonard3496]

😊 TY for the VIDEO ❤ PEACE

[@qbarnes1893]

Ooooh I’m going out to hug another soon

[@cinemaipswich4636]

Most of the "approachable" trees in Japan form part of a 700 year old planting philosophy. They have a yearly tree trimming and harvesting festival. The forest workers, cabinet makers, carpenters and other wood crafters and guilds, gather together to manage the tree farms in Japan.

[@OSTENTUM1]

Thank you for that great information.

[@diogenesegarden5152]

I would like to see a tradition like that develop in the UK. My dream would be to plant a woodland dedicated to the end users (and everything in between). I would line the tracks with lime trees, as lime wood is recognised as a good carving wood, clumps of hornbeam, fruit trees, yews, willows, poplar and hazel. In fact it would almost be an arboretum. In the middle I would have a lake with an island where I would grow giant bamboo for making fishing rods (well why not). I would hold a wood carving and whittling festival and workshop there a couple of times a year when maintenance is carried out etc.

[@adrianjones4812]

Although common Beech only lives between 250-350 years many have lived longer due to pollarding. There are magnificent specimens that were pollarded hundreds of years ago to be seen there seemed to be one in this video.

[@ian_b]

Lovely! Thank you!

[@Diana7591]

thanks for this fascinating video about the beech. i knew none of this. It is indeed a beauty

[@MummaBear]

I love that plants use the micelium network to communicate and distribute resources. 💕

[@OSTENTUM1]

Yes, It is truly fascinating.

[@frankshifreen]

great video thank you

[@leelastarsky]

I had the amazing good fortune to see one of the Antarctic Beech species, Nothofagus gunnii, in full Autumn colour a few yrs ago. As Australia's only native deciduous tree, there is a pilgrimage to see "The Turning of the Fagus" in remote parts of Tasmania every April.

[@OSTENTUM1]

Great information. Thank you for sharing.

[@juliew393]

Thank you, I enjoyed this so much. Beech trees to me are very spiritual. I'm in Massachusetts, USA and one of the places where I hike has a special grove deep in the forest, with a whole family of these majestic trees! I love being in their presence and I tend to them, like if they have fallen branches stuck in them, I remove them. But now a lot of the younger Beech are acquiring Beech Tree Leaf disease due to global warming. I find this devastating 😢.

[@OSTENTUM1]

The grove deep in the forest sounds wonderful. You must feel at one with nature.

[@JoeZorzin]

It's not known what the cause of this problem is. It may have something to do with global warming but that's not yet proven. I've been a forester in MA for 50 years. Unfortunately, it seems every new problem is blamed on global warming.

[@kenneth9874]

Can you provide proof that "global warming" is causing it?

[@chrisclark4112]

The shit coming they spray in the sky doesn't help.

[@martinrichards5629]

absolutely brilliant again they get better all the time more stuff I've learnt again if not watched it

[@martinwarner1178]

There something rather special about a beech forest. I live near Sherwood forest, and to see the sun coming through beech trees, in the morning is just magical. Thanks for such a lovely lesson on the beech tree. Peace be unto you.

[@OSTENTUM1]

Sounds wonderful and special.

[@niklar55]

As a kid I used to collect beech nuts, and eat them. They were rather fiddly to shell, and peel, but as a kid I didn't mind. All the big beech trees I knew as a kid, have been cut down, and none planted to replace them. Also more recently, the last time I tried to collect beech nuts to eat, ALL the nuts were empty! .

[@heatherstratfold4108]

Lovely talk I checked out those Antarctic beech trees you mentioned at the National park in the Gold Coast here in Australia … apparently they are really ancient … I love trees !! Magical

[@doriskarloff964]

Thank you for sharing. My favourite tree, the beech, and my favourite woodland.💖🌳

[@robertlock5501]

Very nice and informative B)

[@bobmiller7502]

i love being out in the forest, i clicked on your video becasue you look so much like my wife of 40 years,glad i did now, who can say i know enough,,never STOP Loving sister,,Bobble&MrTao,xx better be a spectacular bowl of soup or its no deal baby xx

[@frankshifreen]

the are so magical

[@Sharon-yk7xm]

I only said this morning as i look at the beech tree as i said to it i love u beech tree

[@jb-fp2vs]

I am keeping alive the many Beech trees on our land and I planted a weeping beech tree on the highest place looking out over a huge valley we called it the two dimensional tree as it grew for many years. but now it has filled in the circle around it and gotten very tall as it stands out in a field!!!!

[@OSTENTUM1]

That sounds great.

[@BlackcountryhistoryhunterBCHH]

needs more subscribers , great knowledge . learning a lot thanks

[@OSTENTUM1]

Thank you.

[@johnmoyer5515]

I have big beech hollow trunk fo 20' to y a slight bend to one side she gas cracks in the trunk but it's been like that for 44 yrs that we've owned it hanging on to life amazing

[@gregedwards1921]

Thats one beauty, bigger than any of my beech trees

[@molliecoles5182]

Would love to hear the song of the beech❤❤❤❤❤

[@richardmuskett931]

A lot of those trees look as though they could do with a good hug .....but maybe not the one with the girth of 6.39 meters !

[@bessiemann7468]

I love the big trees I love seeing a lane lined on each side with maple trees

[@BritishBeachcomber]

I love Beech trees. At Burnham Beeches as a child, later on my own farm. So mystic and magical 👍

[@drivenmad7676]

Be surprised if the local government doesn't cut them down.

[@abundantharmony]

The Cedar is the king of the trees.

[@demonpants1613]

hello Ma'am are you going to do a series on Magic Herbs and their uses?

[@OSTENTUM1]

There is so much magical lore with many herbs. It would be very interesting. It is so nice using natural plants straight from your garden. Trees are great healers in so many ways. It's definitely one to consider.

[@mustamuri]

✨🌱✨ 👶👏❤️

[@mehrcat1]

"The first attempts at writing were scratched onto bark from beech trees." I'm sure she's wrong about this derivation of the word "book". The German word for letter, (of the alphabet) is 'Buchstabe' lit "beech stave/staff/stick". Before paper, people would write on beech strips or split sticks, more practical than bark.

[@OSTENTUM1]

Old norse is Bok. Middle English Bok, From Old English boc " book , writing , written document, generally referred (despite phonetic difficulties ) to proto-Germanic - bok (o)- from bokiz beech ( source also of German Buch" book" Buche beech. I hope this clarifies it a bit! They also wrote on beech wood tablets. There is quite a lot of cross over names. It's all very interesting but a bit mind boggling !

[@johnthebaptist5574]

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[@billiverschoore2466]

Thank you both for a lovely series. If you ask your yes-no questions with a rod or pendulum under a beech tree, you'll get the opposite answer. Just a little addendum about eating beech nuts: best rubbed till smooth as some people are allergic to the teeny little hair-like structures. 🌳🕊💚

[@OSTENTUM1]

I've heard that divination can be contrary! Thank you for the information.

[@squint753]

I will be driving through Blairgowrie next week, and will definitely stop this time to check out Meikleour Beech Hedge. Awesome, informative video, thank you!

[@OSTENTUM1]

Hope you enjoy it.

[@JerryDurante]

One tree asks an other was your mom a beech or a birch. The other responds I don't know but she had the best ash in the forest.

[@buck9739]

Well done here in vt usa the beech tree is considered not so great. It’s because it’s soft and fast growing. I myself love the beech tree one of my favorites.😊

[@francescafoot9739]

the Scottish beech hedge was planted by two sisters in memory of the fallen men.

[@NigelJackson]

The word 'book' and German 'buch' come from Beech...beechwood tablets were used for inscriptions in ancient times.

[@robertferguson533]

I love an ancient Beech

[@Sharon-yk7xm]

Im in NZ we have alot of beautful beech trees

[@geofflewis8599]

We have beech trees in New Zealand, - and they're native..

[@OSTENTUM1]

The beautiful Southern beech, native to southern hemisphere .

[@donaldatkinson7937]

I have one of the few beech tree groves in my area of SC, hundreds, some hundreds of years old.

[@OSTENTUM1]

Is SC South Carolina ? Some day I will visit there, I so want to see all the stunning trees there.

[@donaldatkinson7937]

@@OSTENTUM1 yes, south car alina, you almost never see American beech this far south, but I have a few acres with a grove, largest about 3 feet across. I go to a lot of houses doing service work and I have only seen two other beech trees. People will come out here and say, what are those beautiful smooth barked trees? I or no one else, knows how they got here. Buddy and me dug one about 8foot tall and transplanted it at his place, we transplanted a lot of the dirt also, it has quadrupled in size in about 18 years.

[@donaldatkinson7937]

@@OSTENTUM1 south Carolina lol

[@alvinhugosson6911]

bok å bok

[@joshthom1937]

Maples are "the queen" tree. 😁

[@sharksport01]

We have giant Weeping Beech at work. I call them elephants.

[@eustaciogriego1912]

Nature can be wonderful if we treated fair. Very interesting more study should be done on trees ,there are thousands of trees that haven’t been interpreted to date ,As you just did. I still believe that trees are the wisest species on this planet.

[@garyfrancis6193]

Jimmy Stewart planted the Beech trees?

[@pinballrobbie]

You did not mention Coppice woods, was that on purpose?

[@OSTENTUM1]

I try to focus on the evolution of the trees and the stories attached to them. Although most woodland in England is ancient coppice woodland.

[@RowdyBorders-ni3ti]

I transplanted a beech under my 100 year old white oak it’s now over 12 feet tall an growing

[@folkeholmberg3519]

In Swedish beech is bok. A letter is a bokstav.

[@OSTENTUM1]

Thank you for sharing.

[@josephbarnett2566]

I love beech! Sadly American beech trees are rapidly heading to extinction from 2 imported diseases. Sad.

[@ronfroehlich4697]

American white people are rapidly being replaced by imported brown people

[@elmafudd9703]

Don't drink the soup. stay away from the soup.

[@emojiking8580]

Used to be Some Huge Beech trees in My neighborhood , Gone now !!!

[@benjamindejonge3624]

They make great cutting boards too

[@nl4064]

bluebells rarely flower under beeches they need oak and oak dont grow under beech

[@OSTENTUM1]

If you go to our episode Bluebells in the wood, you will see that all the trees in the shots are Beech trees. Ancient bluebell woods are well known for their Beech trees. there will be some Oak, Silver Birch etc... Bluebells cope very well under the heavy shade of beech trees where other plants cannot. Hope this helps

[@johnossendorf9979]

I'm not a soop person. I may be in some danger if offered crispy chicken wings or some meaty and cheesy lasagna 😋.

[@plantsmanscorner128]

Could you tell me what you consider “native” to mean…..? Native to south or North still means native to UK……and similarly what is native to UK must surely have once been a part of Europe when land masses were joined. I have a copper beech on my nursery 17.5 ft round…….I think it probably the oldest or largest in the country.

[@OSTENTUM1]

Native UK trees colonised the land when the glaciers melted after the last ice age and before the uk was disconnected from mainland Europe. This is the criteria that makes a tree native to the UK. The copper beech is not considered native to the UK. This is because it is an ornamental cultivar. Having said that, It is a stunning tree and your one sounds wonderful.

[@Owl350]

Please planet trees to help with climate change.

[@antoniescargo1529]

Dutch :beuk /beech ;boek /book. Hungarian :bükkfa/beechtree. Fa =wood, tree.

[@andnowi]

Hello, o, is beech your favourite tree?

[@OSTENTUM1]

The beech tree s one of my favourite trees.. The weeping willow is my favourite of all trees, but the beech comes a close second!

[@andnowi]

Great idea you have with these videos

[@OSTENTUM1]

@@andnowi Thank you

[@Spaghettiest]

aint that a beech

[@monicareid8858]

“THE Ukrain??!!”

[@jimwalsh7904]

Are you a Druid or Wican. You have an air about you. I liked this Beech tree story but nothing about Beech Nut Gum?

[@OSTENTUM1]

Thank you. I grew up with wonderful stories and legends my Grandmother used to tell me. . She gave me a wonderful insight, that started my love of all things nature.

[@gertschindewolf2781]

𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚖

[@OSTENTUM1]

Thanks, Will checking it out

[@alexanderSydneyOz]

"King" and "Queen" of trees! Frankly I am shocked to hear such sexist, elitist language used. All the more as the tree is plainly non-binary. So much for ethics.

[@madeirafonseca6383]

Take your history destroying woke agenda and plant it where the sun doesn't shine.

[@samaeltheangelofdeath]

Thank you so much

[@frixux]

Thanks lady's