Tree Care in Elmont, NY

If you're looking at the trees in your Elmont yard and wondering about their health, you're likely seeing the legacy of decisions made when your home was built. Around 1953, builders often planted fast-growing trees like silver maple and Norway maple for quick shade and curb appeal. Silver maples have weak wood and aggressive surface roots that can damage foundations and sidewalks. Norway maples create dense shade that kills the grass beneath them and outcompete our native oaks and sugar maples. The challenge is that a tree can look fine from the outside for years while decay is spreading inside the trunk. By the time you see a dead branch or a fungus, the structural problem may be advanced. That's why we start every assessment by sounding the trunk with a mallet to listen for hollow spots you can't see.