Lombardy poplars are common and cheap—but they easily die and can drop dangerous limbs. Like these pictured tree “skeletons,” you’ll often see them by roads and sidewalks. (Like tree experts say, “Wrong tree. Wrong place.”) If you have dead or dying poplars, please call for a free consultation. These trees are often hazardous to climb.

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With last fall’s warm and super wet weather in Portland and our continuing mild winter throughout the state, we’ve noticed an increase in truly spectacular mushroom blooms. While these mushrooms can be harmless to your lawn, they can signal problems if you find them growing directly at the base of a tree. Often, such a

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Recently, our Portland area clients may have noticed the wind blowing upwards of 40 miles per hour causing wind damage … This birch tree is usually vertical. … and a resulting spate of tree breakages around the city. When the storm winds rise – as they have done so regularly over the past week –

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Around this time last year we talked about the dangers posed by dying poplar trees, and the complications and risks involved in removing them. Considering the astounding number of calls our Portland office has received in recent weeks to have these notoriously problematic trees removed, we feel that it bears mentioning again. Indeed, if you happen to have a

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Do you have trees that are in a state of catastrophic decline? Is the foliage pale, dying back in large sections, or even throughout the whole tree? More likely than not, the cause of a widespread dieback can be found in the soil — via chemicals, construction damage, poor water or nutrient conditions, or bacterial

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