Tree Removal in Florissant, MO

Tree Removal in Florissant usually means one of two kinds of property: a house in one of the big post-war subdivisions, or an older home near the historic core. Florissant is the largest city in St. Louis County, with 52,533 residents and 22,710 housing units at the 2020 census. After World War II, developers including the Alfred H. Mayer Co. built subdivisions on former farmland, and around 18,000 houses went up between 1947 and 1980. Trees planted in those yards are now 45 to 75 years old, at or past the age when fast-growing species start failing.

A French village first

Long before the subdivisions, Florissant was a French settlement. Settlers called it Fleurissant, meaning blooming, and the Spanish called it St. Ferdinand. A civil government formed in 1786, and the 1787 census counted 40 people. Today the Florissant Old Town Historic District, created by ordinance in 1969, protects much of that history. Its heart is on the National Register as the St. Ferdinand Central Historic District, and a related survey covers about 156 city blocks and 124 historically significant properties dating from 1790 to 1940. Some Old Town properties have trees that are much older than anything in the subdivisions.

Common Florissant removals

• Silver maples and other fast growers with big limbs over roofs
• Dead ash in back yards and along fences
• Pin oaks and other large trees in decline
• Trees damaged by summer storms or ice
• Volunteer trees grown up along fences, garages and sheds
• Stumps left over from past removals

On typical subdivision lots, most of these trees stand within reach of the house or a neighbor's property, so they are taken down in sections rather than felled whole.

Ash in north county yards

Emerald ash borer reached north St. Louis city in 2015 and was confirmed in St. Louis County the same year. Many Florissant subdivisions were planted with ash, and most untreated yard ash are now dead or nearly so. A dead ash becomes brittle within a few years and drops limbs without warning. Removing it before it gets to that stage is safer for everyone and usually less expensive, because the tree can still be climbed and rigged normally.

City trees and contacts

Florissant has an Urban Forestry program that handles planting, maintenance and preservation of city trees and green spaces, and residents can reach city staff with tree questions at 314-921-5700. If a tree along the street or in a public space is the concern, start with the city. For trees in your own yard, give us a call.

Getting an estimate

Call (314) 668-1571 or send the form with a description of the tree and its location. We come out, assess it, and give you a written estimate that spells out exactly what we will do. Get a free estimate