Lets play to "who can say the most flippant feel-good thing in biology?". The fact that there is not such thing as an 1000-year old bark or a 1000 year old bud

Lets play to "who can say the most flippant feel-good thing in biology?". The fact that there is not such thing as an 1000-year old bark or a 1000 year old buds does not matter. The growing part of the tree is only a few years old, and the buds lie in that part. Old cork is dead. Old wood is dead; just a bunch of tubes. Cambium is the alive part. I predict that there will be a severe wildfire season in US in 2024. If you read this articles, you will feel much better about the loss in any case.