Tree Care in Long Beach, NY

If you're looking at a mature tree in Long Beach, you're likely looking at a decision made in the 1950s or 60s. Many of the beautiful, large trees that define our neighborhoods were planted by builders who chose species for speed, not longevity. That's why you see so many silver maples and Bradford pears here. Silver maples grow fast but have notoriously weak wood and surface roots that can damage walkways. Bradford pears are guaranteed to split at their weak, narrow branch unions, usually within 20 years. The challenge is that a tree can look perfectly healthy from the outside while having significant decay inside. By the time you see a symptom like a crack or a fungus, the problem has often been developing for years.