<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> Ents are a race of beings in J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy world Middle - earth who closely resemble trees . They are similar to the talking trees in folklore around the world . Their name is derived from the Anglo - Saxon word for giant . </P> <P> The Ents appear in The Lord of the Rings as ancient shepherds of the forest and allies of the free peoples of Middle - earth during the War of the Ring . The Ent who figures most prominently in the book is Treebeard, who (credibly) claims to be the oldest creature in Middle - earth . At the time The Lord of the Rings takes place, there are no young Ents (Entings) because the Entwives (female Ents) were lost . The Ents are akin to Huorns, whom Treebeard describes as a transitional form of trees which become animated or, conversely, as Ents who grow more "treelike" over time . </P>

Name of the trees in lord of the rings