Tree Care in East Meadow, NY

If you're looking at the trees in your East Meadow yard, you're likely looking at the original landscaping from when these homes were built. That means you have 60 to 70 year old trees that are reaching the end of their natural lifespan for many of the species planted back then. Builders in the 1950s often chose fast-growing trees like silver maple and Norway maple for quick shade. Silver maples have notoriously weak wood and aggressive surface roots that can damage foundations and sidewalks. Norway maples, while hardy, create such dense shade that nothing grows underneath them and they crowd out our native oaks and maples. These trees were set up for problems from the start, and now, decades later, those structural weaknesses are becoming real liabilities during our frequent coastal storms.