English: Beech.
French: Hetre; Fayard.
Dutch: Beuk.
Botany: sensitive to sunburn, soft and thin bark is protected by a thick canopy; no growth of plants under the tree.
Culture: safety and security, motherly feelings and reliability; “Queen of the woods”; “The book of the past” symbolises wisdom; printing was done by letters carved from the beech (Buchstaben).
Source:
Sense provings; Jörg Wichmann, Links 1999.