65 million years ago, during a period of significant plant evolution, beeches (trees that form beech forests) first emerged as part of the dominance of angiosperms. These trees, along with birch, oak, and others, marked a transformative era in plant history. Seed-bearing trees like the beech were crucial to the plant world, comparable in importance to the evolutionary role of early human ancestors in the animal kingdom. The beech, as part of this global spread of flowering plants, became one of the defining species of modern forests. [1]