SSE Altered tree .nif. Consequences for LOD gen?

[antstubell]

In Nifskope I've 'stripped down' some pine trees - removed TriShape blocks - so as to make the trees bare/leafless, just really dead trees i.e. trunk and branches. They are still in the Trees category, not statics, will this affect LOD generation? Should I just make them statics and be done with it?

Thanks.