Heck yeah, you punch those trees, Gary!

tree/small_tree.gd

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+extends Area2D
+
+var _durability: int = 3
+
+func _on_body_entered(body: Node2D) -> void:
+	if body is CharacterBody2D:
+		_durability -= 1
+		body.repel_collision(self)
+		if _durability <= 0:
+			print("tree dead")
+			queue_free()

tree/small_tree.gd.uid

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+uid://clxosihgty8t5

tree/small_tree.png.import

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+[remap]
+
+importer="texture"
+type="CompressedTexture2D"
+uid="uid://bfyw8l1ubdnsj"
+path="res://.godot/imported/small_tree.png-6b7409adbeafd078c10945c05a21c2ab.ctex"
+metadata={
+"vram_texture": false
+}
+
+[deps]
+
+source_file="res://tree/small_tree.png"
+dest_files=["res://.godot/imported/small_tree.png-6b7409adbeafd078c10945c05a21c2ab.ctex"]
+
+[params]
+
+compress/mode=0
+compress/high_quality=false
+compress/lossy_quality=0.7
+compress/hdr_compression=1
+compress/normal_map=0
+compress/channel_pack=0
+mipmaps/generate=false
+mipmaps/limit=-1
+roughness/mode=0
+roughness/src_normal=""
+process/fix_alpha_border=true
+process/premult_alpha=false
+process/normal_map_invert_y=false
+process/hdr_as_srgb=false
+process/hdr_clamp_exposure=false
+process/size_limit=0
+detect_3d/compress_to=1

tree/small_tree.tscn

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+[gd_scene load_steps=4 format=3 uid="uid://d2re5mee0xayj"]
+
+[ext_resource type="Texture2D" uid="uid://bfyw8l1ubdnsj" path="res://tree/small_tree.png" id="1_1ao6o"]
+[ext_resource type="Script" uid="uid://clxosihgty8t5" path="res://tree/small_tree.gd" id="1_brd4x"]
+
+[sub_resource type="RectangleShape2D" id="RectangleShape2D_vb5bs"]
+size = Vector2(32, 32)
+
+[node name="Tree" type="Area2D"]
+script = ExtResource("1_brd4x")
+
+[node name="Sprite2D" type="Sprite2D" parent="."]
+texture = ExtResource("1_1ao6o")
+offset = Vector2(16, 16)
+
+[node name="CollisionShape2D" type="CollisionShape2D" parent="."]
+visible = false
+position = Vector2(16, 16)
+shape = SubResource("RectangleShape2D_vb5bs")
+
+[connection signal="body_entered" from="." to="." method="_on_body_entered"]