Does Healing Trees Benefit Me in Any Way?

Question

If you shoot the petrified trees around the area, they'll burst forth with new life and the leaves will turn a vibrant green. But aside from the mission(s) where your goal is to heal trees, does healing trees give you anything useful (aside from pretty scenery)?

Answer 1

Blasting trees will improve your score and give you money to purchase upgrades. It's not a big bonus, though, you'll only get 10 points per tree. The easiest enemy gives 500.