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They're called Ents. The main one is Treebeard.
The walking, talking tree-like beings in Lord of the Rings are called Ents. If you referred to actual species of trees, aside from real-world trees (some of which have names in Tolkien's languages), there are the Mellyrn (singular Mallorn). The Mallorn tree is the one whose leaves turn golden in autumn and do not fall of until spring, and are most prominenty seen in Lothlórien.
No, Treebeard was voiced by John Rhys-Davies whom also played Gimli. The Rockbiter was voiced by Alan Oppenheimer.
Orlando Bloom (Legolas) Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn, half-Elven) Liv Tyler (Arwen, half-Elven) Hugo Weaving (Elrond, half-Elven) Cate Blanchett (Galadriel) Marton Csokas (Celeborn) Craig Parker (Haldir) Mark Ferguson (Gil-galad) Peter McKenzie (Elendil, half-Elven) Harry Sinclair (Isildur, half-Elven) Sadwyn Brophy (Eldarion, half-Elven) Bret McKenzie ("Figwit")