Miami's expert arborists. Built for limestone, hurricanes, and heat.

Miami trees grow fast on almost no soil and get tested by a hurricane season every single year. We remove, prune, and cable royal palms, ficus, and mahogany across Miami-Dade County, and we answer emergency calls around the clock when a storm puts one in the yard, the roof, or the street.

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Why Miami

Why Miami trees need a real arborist.

The Certified Arborist Tree Service brings expert arborist judgment, not just a crew with a chainsaw, to tree work across Miami, because a shallow limestone lot punishes guesswork in ways a deeper inland yard never would.

Trees here root into a thin cap of soil sitting on porous limestone with a water table close behind it, so the anchoring most trees rely on somewhere else just is not available. Add a tropical climate with no real winter to slow growth or pests down, and Miami canopies grow big fast, often faster than their root plates can support.

That combination, shallow rooting plus hurricane wind plus salt off the bay, is why an arborist reads a Miami tree differently than one anywhere else. Knowing which species tip first and which just snap changes the plan before a single branch comes down.

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Why Miami trees fail

The risks we watch in Miami right now.

When a tree fails here, the cause is usually one of a few problems we check on a Miami site visit.

Lethal Bronzing in Palms

This phytoplasma disease kills cabbage, date, and queen palms from the crown down, often with little warning until fronds start dropping. We inspect palm crowns on a site visit since dense palm plantings help this disease spread.

Ganoderma Butt Rot

A fungus that rots the base of a palm trunk from the inside and has no cure. By the time a conk appears at the base, internal decay is usually well advanced.

Rugose Spiraling Whitefly

This whitefly coats the underside of leaves in Miami's ficus, gumbo limbo, and other broadleaf canopy with sticky honeydew and sooty mold, weakening the tree over several seasons rather than killing it outright.

Ficus and Banyan Root Failure

Ficus and banyan push huge canopies on root systems that cannot dig deep into Miami's limestone shelf, so a Category 1 storm can put a tree that looked perfectly healthy flat on a driveway or a roof.

Service area

Our Miami service area.

Serving Miami-Dade County, from the barrier islands to the inland suburbs.

Areas we cover

Miami
Miami Beach
Kendall
Coral Gables
Palmetto Bay
Pinecrest
Key Biscayne
Miami Springs
Opa-locka
North Miami
Doral

Free estimate

Tree care in Miami, one form away.

Tell us what is going on with your trees. An arborist serving Miami calls you back, walks the property, and puts the price in writing before anything is scheduled.

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What people are saying

Rated 4.9 stars across 140+ reviews.

Real reviews from real customers, straight from our Google Business Profile. Here's what people say once the crew has packed up and the yard is clean.

★★★★★

March 11th, a brief but strong storm came through Goodlettsville and blew over two giant trees in my front yard; one which was being supported by a 3rd tree that was facing and threatening my house. It was an…

Julie Bangs●3 days ago

★★★★★

From the time I inquired w this company about removing a tree that was strongly impacted from the major strong 80 mph winds on March 3, 2023, they provided us w exceptional service in every way . They were…

Jeanne Mason●3 weeks ago

★★★★★

My family had a tree removal emergency! A large tree in our back yard was on fire and splitting down the middle. The fire department came out the night before to extinguish the fire, but when I woke up the…

Mysty Diehl●6 weeks ago

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What we do

A geotagged inventory of every tree on the property: species, age, condition, and recommended work, refreshed annually.

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Trees we know

The Miami species list, and what to watch for.

Local soil, local weather, local pests. Each species here fails in its own way, and we plan around all of them.

Royal Palm

Miami's signature street palm, and one worth watching for ganoderma and nutrient decline, since a thinning crown can signal trouble well before the tree fails.

Coconut Palm

Prone to lethal yellowing in Miami, plus weevil damage that hollows the crown from the inside before any external sign shows.

Black Olive

A dense, wind resistant canopy tree that still needs structural pruning in Miami to keep weight distributed evenly before hurricane season arrives.

Ficus/Banyan

Often among the first trees to go over in Miami's high wind, since its shallow limestone rooting has to hold an enormous canopy.

Mahogany

A strong, long lived shade tree in Miami that still needs its root plate checked, since limestone can force roots sideways instead of down.

Gumbo Limbo

Known locally as the tourist tree for its peeling red bark, it tolerates Miami's salt spray and drought better than most natives but still needs canopy thinning ahead of storms.

Local expertise

Why an Expert Arborist Matters in Miami

Miami grows trees fast and tests them hard. A crew with a chainsaw can clean up the tree that already came down. An arborist looks at the one still standing and tells you whether it will survive the next storm, because in a county built on a few feet of soil over limestone, the roots holding a tree up are rarely as deep as the canopy suggests.

Estimates here are walked by an experienced arborist who checks for common South Florida failure patterns: lethal bronzing moving through a palm crown, ganoderma quietly rotting a trunk base, or a ficus root plate that limestone never let take hold. Cuts follow ANSI A300, risk assessments follow TRAQ methodology, and you get a written plan before work begins.

Across Miami

Miami Beach, Key Biscayne, and the barrier communities carry the heaviest salt exposure in the metro, while inland areas like Kendall, Pinecrest, and Palmetto Bay deal more with dense ficus and hardwood canopy over the same thin limestone base.

We factor in each community's own species, soil, and storm exposure, because a palm crown in Coral Gables and a canopy tree in Kendall do not fail the same way or for the same reasons.

Miami FAQ

Local questions, local answers.

Don't see your question? Call us. Calls are answered by a real person, day or night.

Do I need a permit to remove a tree in Miami?

Often, yes. Rules vary between Miami-Dade County and individual municipalities, especially for larger hardwoods and protected trees, so check with your city or the county. We confirm what applies to your exact address and handle the permit and any required arborist report before work begins.

How fast can an arborist get to my property?

Most estimate visits happen within 24 hours, and storm emergencies during hurricane season get a crew on site the same day. We answer the phone around the clock, every day of the year.

Why do so many Miami palms die so fast?

Lethal bronzing and lethal yellowing are common culprits. These diseases spread through dense palm plantings and can kill the crown before most owners notice anything wrong. Early inspection is the only real defense.

Why does my tree need attention before hurricane season if it looks fine?

Miami's shallow limestone soil hides root problems that only show up when high wind tests the tree. An arborist can spot a compromised root plate or overloaded canopy well before a storm forces the issue.

What standards do your arborists follow?

Our crews are trained to ANSI A300 pruning and removal standards, and risk assessments follow TRAQ methodology. An expert arborist walks the estimate personally.

Are you insured?

Yes. We carry the insurance that matters, the kind that protects every inch of your property.

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