A tree gives glory to God first of all by being a tree.

A tree gives glory to God first of all by being a tree. For in being
what God means it to be, it is imitating an idea which is in God and
which is not distinct from the essence of God, and therefore a tree
imitates God by being a tree.

The more it is like itself, the more it is like Him. If it tried to be
like something else which it was never intended to be, it would be
less like God and therefore it would give Him less glory.

No two trees are alike. And their individuality is no imperfection.

Thomas Merton
Seeds of Contemplation
New Directions Books, p 24