In some places, you will see the original beech forest.

In the future, the beech forest should grow to cover most of the park's area.

Even the green of the dense beech forests looked black.

During the last 1,000 years beech forests dominated the area.

The western and central part of the ravine is covered by the beech forest.

Mature beech forest remains on the western and southern sides of the mountain.

Recently, though, there has been a push to restore the original beech forests in some areas.

The light was gold, filtering through the pine and beech forest.

On the north face of the mountain range, beech forests cover the steep terrain.

It has in some areas overtaken even mature beech forest.

The undisturbed beech forests behind the cliffs are also part of the national park.

Most notable are beech forests, often protected as natural reserves.

Beech forest dominates both the slopes and the bottom of the valley.

Its elevation is 740 metres above sea level surrounded by beech forest.

Shoreline beech forest extended almost 3m below the highest natural lake level.

The first settlers lived mainly off the logging of local beech forests.

They are the last remaining semi-natural beech forests in Germany.

Its halls were carved to look like a beech forest, complete with birds and animals.

There are relatively natural acidic beech forests in the reserve.

The landscape is characterized by fields, meadows and, above all, beech forests.

In some places there are patches of original or replanted beech forest.

The 3.5-hectare area contains several buildings and scientific instruments surrounded by beech forest.

The area is covered with oak and beech forests.

A beech forest is very dark and few species of plant are able to survive there, where the sun barely reaches the ground.

By contrast, the pattern on the eastern side is one of open beech forest in a drier environment.