Beech was a name given to the broad, tall trees that grew throughout Middle-earth.

The most famous beech-forest of all was Neldoreth in Doriath where Lúthien was imprisoned by her father Thingol. The name of the tree which held her captive was Hírilorn. It was three-trunked and was perhaps the greatest beech that had ever grown.


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