Tree Service in Quincy

Quincy sits on Boston Harbor, and the granite that gave the city its quarries sits close to the surface across much of it. Shallow soil over ledge means root plates that are wide rather than deep, which is exactly the shape that lifts in a saturated nor’easter.

Much of the housing stock predates the war, so the street trees planted alongside it are now full size on lots that were never scaled for them. A lot of the work here is reduction and deadwooding over a driveway, a fence line or a neighbour’s roof rather than a straight fell.

Salt wind off Quincy Bay thins crowns on the exposed side and pushes dieback on the leeward one. It shows up first in black locust and pin oak.