Tree Care in Harrison, NY

If you're looking at the trees in your Harrison yard and feeling uneasy, there's a good reason. Many of the mature trees here were planted when these neighborhoods were built in the 1960s, and builders often chose species for fast growth, not long-term stability. You'll see a lot of silver maples, which grow quickly but have weak wood and aggressive surface roots that can damage walkways. You'll also see Bradford pears, which are beautiful in spring but are structurally guaranteed to split apart after 15 to 20 years. These trees are now 60-plus years old and entering a high-risk phase. The challenge is that you can't see inside a tree from the outside. Internal decay can be advanced for years before any external symptom, like a fungal conk, appears.