Two mystical trees

Question

Behold, the mystical Tree of B:

Notice that every path from trunk to canopy forms a word. You should see 16 words (from left to right: BLOOM, BLOOD, BLOWN, BLOWS, BLAND, BLANK, BLASÉ, BLAST, BROOK, BROOM, BROWN, BROWS, BRAID, BRAIN, BRASH, BRASS).

Once upon a time, the Tree of B had a sister tree, the Tree of C. Tragically, the Tree of C was chopped down by a horde of hideous hobgoblins. Here are her remains:

Legend has it that whoever reassembles the Tree of C will be blessed with untold riches.

Text version:

The stump shows the letter C

The piled wood shows the following letters:
A, A, A, D, E, E, E, E, E, E, H, H, K, K, K, K, M, M, M, N, R, R, R, S, S, S, S, S, T, T

Answer 1

Reassembled tree:

C
├── H
│   ├── E
│   │   ├── S
│   │   │   ├── T
│   │   │   └── S
│   │   └── E
│   │       ├── R
│   │       └── K
│   └── A
│       ├── R
│       │   ├── M
│       │   └── T
│       └── S
│           ├── E
│           └── M
└── R
    ├── E
    │   ├── E
    │   │   ├── K
    │   │   └── D
    │   └── A
    │       ├── K
    │       └── M
    └── A
        ├── N
        │   ├── K
        │   └── E
        └── S
            ├── H
            └── S

Words:

CHEST, CHESS, CHEER, CHEEK, CHARM, CHART, CHASE, CHASM, CREEK, CREED, CREAK, CREAM, CRANK, CRANE, CRASH, CRASS