May I point out that science is utilising a fundamentally superior grasp of nature's laws for good or evil, whereas magic is picking up those same laws, smashing them on the ground, hitting them repeatedly, jumping up and down on them and then burying them in the backyard under the petunias.
May I point out that this is an Internet RPG, where science, in all its glory and narcissism, is irrelevent. Physics are ignored, gravity is reversed and all Laws of Thermodynamics are broken. The only limitations are set by the GM. Science is inferior to magic in all aspects of this RPG. You haven't figured that out by now?
And then utilising that power for good or (in the case of this game) idiotic evil.
That's because this is a game about KILLING A BOSS. The entire point is to cut the tree until it dies. You are the only person here who can't grasp that. It is that complicated? If you don't like us attacking the tree, don't try to heal it and whine about us being unscientific.
That's all I'm saying about it. This is a game, not a discussion. Play the game or leave.