Living trees did not receive blast very well. Roots, trunks, and leaves all had given and play. When strained there was time for branches to move, the truck had space to flex, and the material itself was porous and compressible. Magic willows on the other hand, had were dried consist with the low moisture environment. Its branches were supported with heavy metals, reinforced as trusses.
Magic 'bones' of a sense allowed it to hoist its large pray into its towering trunk. The wrapped bundle was light, but it lacked the ability to tell if it was alive or not. It impaled everything and naturally expelled things from its branches with the rising sun splotch.
