Tree Care in Black Hawk, CO

If you're looking at the trees around your Black Hawk property, you're likely seeing the legacy of decisions made nearly a century ago. Many of the problem trees here, like Siberian elm and green ash, were planted by builders for quick growth in the 1930s. They're now mature specimens with structural weaknesses you can't see from the outside. While our native blue spruce and ponderosa pine are well-adapted, these introduced species often develop internal decay long before external symptoms like cracks or dead branches appear. That 80-year-old Siberian elm in your yard might look solid, but its wood could be compromised. We use tools like sounding with a mallet to listen for the dull thud of rot versus the resonant ring of solid wood, because what's happening inside the trunk determines the real risk.