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Re:Empress trees absorb about 103 tons of carbon a year per ... by dcre on Friday August 02, 2019 @01:41PM (#20594934)
It is part of the wood itself. Apparently wood is about half carbon. All known living things are made of carbon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood#Chemistry_of_wood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon-based_life

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