Tree Service in Saraland, AL

Tree Service in Saraland usually involves trees that were here before the houses. The city reported just 125 residents when it incorporated in 1957; the 2020 census counted 16,171, up about 20% from 2010. Where new streets are cut into pine and hardwood woodland, builders often leave some trees standing between the houses, and those trees have a hard life. Grading and trenching cut their roots, and trees that grew up in a sheltered stand suddenly stand alone in the wind. Some adjust. Others start to decline five or ten years later, and that is often when owners call us.

Signs a leftover tree is in trouble

• The top of the crown is thinning or dying back while lower branches still look green
• Mushrooms or conks growing at the base or on surface roots
• Bark falling away in sheets, or fine sawdust in bark cracks (on pines this can mean bark beetles)
• A new lean, especially after heavy rain
• Lots of small sprouts along the trunk, a stress response in many hardwoods

The Alabama Cooperative Extension System notes that most pine beetles go after trees already stressed by drought, flooding, crowding or storm damage, and that infested pines should be removed quickly to limit the spread. One dead pine in a Saraland back lot can become three by fall.

Low ground and bayous

Saraland drains to Bayou Sara, an east-flowing tributary of the Mobile River, and Big Bayou Canot lies just east of the city. The city sits around 30 feet above sea level, with a lot of low, wet ground along those drainages. That ground grows sweetgum, water oak and swamp species that do fine in the woods but fail in yards once their roots have been cut. On wet lots we take soil moisture into account when we plan a removal, because heavy equipment can rut a soaked lawn badly. Sometimes the right answer is to wait a few dry days.

Homeowners who stay

Census QuickFacts shows 78.6% of Saraland homes are owner-occupied, and 93.4% of residents were in the same house a year earlier. People plan to be here for a while, so it pays to think long-term. That might mean pruning a young oak now so it grows a strong structure, rather than removing a broken one in fifteen years. We are glad to look at the small trees too, not just the big problem ones.

Estimates

Call (251) 355-2051 or fill out the form with your address. We will give you a written, itemized quote, and you will know up front what we haul away and what we leave. Get a free estimate