The beech tree is otherwise known as the rsquomother of the woodsrsquo and is thought to stand beside her oak king it is said that the beech tree offers protection and nurturing and represents deep wisdom beech trees are one of the tallest woodland trees and can live for up to 300 years beech wood has long been a popular choice for furniture and flooring beech tree supplied is 20 40cm tall the beech tree is potentially a large tree it can grow to 120ft 36m it is too tall to be