Any tree needs living wood, bark and chlorophyll to survive. Just a bit
of bark won't do it.

Not a tree, but I know of a shrub, manzanita (Arctostaphylos spp.) which often
has one strip of living bark and wood connecting shoots with roots. You would
see a seemingly dead bush, with just one leafy shoot and one stripe of red down
an otherwise bleached-out trunk.

Jie-san Laushi

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