Eli5: How do trees survive temperatures well below freezing that would cause frostbite/cell death in animals?

Question

I was curious given this week’s extremely low temperatures, and how yearly, trees seem to avoid death of their cells and structures in what would be otherwise destructive temperatures. How do they do this?

In: Biology

Answer 1

They cycle out water in the fall and replace it with pitch and antifreeze.

This happens at a cellular level, not just in the trunk and branches.

Since there’s no water in the cells that can crystallize, the cells are safe until much lower temperatures.