Tree Removal
We take down dead and leaning trees of any size, with our crane when a tree hangs over the house. The brush gets chipped and the wood hauled off before we rake the yard.
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Maybe a pine has leaned since the storms, or a dead limb hangs over the roof. In 2024, Helene's surge put up to 5 feet of water inside homes in Homosassa Springs and Crystal River. Less than two weeks later, Milton dropped 7.51 inches of rain near Homosassa. Soaked ground and salt water are hard on trees, and some show the damage months later.
A Sharper Image Tree Services is a tree service company with two shops, South Tampa and Homosassa. We are based in Homosassa for Citrus and Hernando County work. Around town we handle tree removal, trimming, sabal palms, stump grinding, storm cleanup and land clearing. Call or text (352) 322-9876 for a free estimate.
Tell us about the tree, the lot or the structure and where it is. We look at the job and put the estimate in writing.
Old Homosassa, the river village along Yulee Drive, sits on low, wet ground over limestone. In Brynwood soil, the most common type mapped there, the rock sits 7 to 20 inches down. Its native trees are slash pine and scattered cypress over saw palmetto. Where limestone sits that close, a stump grinder can only go down to the rock.
Homosassa Springs, a few miles inland along US 19, is mostly dry sand ridge. Candler sand there drains fast and grows turkey oak, sand live oak, longleaf pine and sand pine. UF/IFAS ranks sand pine among the trees with the lowest wind resistance. After Hurricane Ivan, its researchers found 56 percent of standing sand pines had died within three months.
In Homosassa and Homosassa Springs, most homes went up between 1970 and 1999, with a median year built of 1988. More than half the homes in Homosassa Springs are mobile homes, by Census estimates. Over a light roof, we take a tree down in sections and lower each piece on ropes.
Homosassa sits on the Nature Coast, the stretch of Gulf shore that runs through Citrus and Hernando counties. In 2023, Idalia's surge flooded more than 6,450 buildings in Citrus County. For Helene in 2024, the county made Zone A evacuation mandatory for about 19,000 people.
The sabal palm is the cabbage palm, Florida's state tree. UF/IFAS says it handles salt spray on its fronds fairly well, but not salt in its root zone. A palm with an undamaged bud can lose every frond and still survive. After a storm, palm trimming clears the dead fronds and shows what is left.
When a tree lands on a house, our emergency tree service makes the property safe first. Our crane lifts sections off the roof, and our tracked lift reaches limbs hung up in the canopy. Then we finish the removal, cut up the wood and haul the debris off. Call or text (352) 322-9876 and we tell you when a crew can be there.
Homosassa, Homosassa Springs and Sugarmill Woods are unincorporated, so Citrus County's Land Development Code applies. It protects trees 4 inches or more in DBH, the trunk diameter measured 4.5 feet above the ground. Trees over 24 inches DBH are specimen trees with extra protection.
On a lot with a home on it, the code as written lets you remove trees without a permit. Dead, fallen and invasive trees are exempt too, along with trees diseased beyond saving, with proof supplied to the county. Brazilian pepper, camphor, Chinese tallow and Australian pine are on the county's invasive list. Vacant land is different, since the county ties removing protected trees to a permit to build.
Parts of Yulee Drive, Fishbowl Drive and Hall's River Road are county canopy roads with their own permit rule. The code also counts pruning more than 30 percent of a tree's crown as tree removal. Good tree trimming stays under that line. The county's Building Division in Lecanto answers permit questions, and we can walk you through the county's permit page.
Census building permit data show Citrus County topped 2,000 new single-family homes a year from 2023 to 2025. FDOT calls the region along the Suncoast Parkway one of Florida's fastest-growing. The parkway now runs through the county to County Road 486. In Sugarmill Woods, 43.5 percent of homes were built in 2000 or later.
Our land clearing takes a wooded lot down to cleared ground once the permits for your build are in place. We take out the trees and stumps, then chip or haul the brush and debris. Our compact track loader with a brush cutter handles thick underbrush. If your builder has a site plan, we work from it on which trees stay.
The dry sand around Homosassa Springs is upland ground, and the FWC says gopher tortoises live in upland habitat. FWC rules say tortoises must be relocated under an FWC permit before land clearing or development. Work that stays at least 25 feet from every burrow may not need that permit. The permit is the property owner's, and we can point you to the FWC's page on it.
Communities and areas we serve around Homosassa: Old Homosassa, Homosassa Springs, Sugarmill Woods, Homosassa River, Hall's River Road, West Yulee Drive, West Homosassa Trail, Grover Cleveland Boulevard, US 19 (Suncoast Boulevard), Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park, Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park.
Homosassa ZIP codes served: 34446, 34447, 34448.
Our second shop is here in Homosassa. We look at the job and put the free estimate in writing.
(352) 322-9876 We take down dead and leaning trees of any size, with our crane when a tree hangs over the house. The brush gets chipped and the wood hauled off before we rake the yard.
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We trim live oaks, pines, magnolias and crape myrtles over roofs and driveways. The brush is chipped and hauled off before we leave.
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We clear trees and brush from house lots and acreage between Tampa and Crystal River. You choose forestry mulching or brush removal, and we pull or grind the stumps.
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The brush cutter on our compact track loader turns brush, palmetto and small trees into mulch on the spot. The ground-up brush stays put as cover, and we work around the trees you choose to keep.
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We take down and haul off old fences, decks, sheds and concrete slabs. The site is cleaned up and rough-leveled when the structure is gone.
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We grind tree stumps below grade with our stump grinder, one old stump or a lot full of them. We rake the chips into the hole or haul them away.
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Storm damage tree removal off roofs, fences, cars and driveways, plus hurricane cleanup. Call or text and we tell you when a crew can be there.
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We cut the dead fronds and seed pods off sabal, queen, date and other palms around Tampa. The green fronds stay on, the way UF/IFAS says a palm should be trimmed.
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We take down dead and storm-snapped palms, whole or in sections. Over a roof or a pool, our crane can lift them clear, and we haul the wood away.
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We clear the lot and grub out the stumps and roots for a new house or barn. Then we rough-level the ground so your builder can start.
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Tree work for HOAs, apartment and condo communities, office parks, churches and schools. Scheduled trimming, palm trimming, removals and storm cleanup, with written estimates for boards and managers.
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I was impressed with the workers. They were respectful of my property. As for the cutting they did exactly what I wanted. The pricing was reasonable.
Very professional and responsive. Quoted fairly & competitively. Showed up on time and did a great job. Highly recommend and would work with again!
I had a tree that was rotten and needed to come down asap. A sharper image gave me an estimate and theirs was significantly less than competitors. Not only did they do the job quickly but they did an outstanding job. So grateful for this tree service. They helped me protect my home!
Sharper Image Tree Service provided a cost effective bid and stayed in close coordination through the completion of service. The trimming crew was very professional and worked quickly…I highly recommend them.
Tyler and his team did a wonderful job trimming our palm trees! Great communication from the first call to get a quote, to getting them cleaned, all in less than a week. They were very meticulous the with the cleanup afterwards. We highly recommend them and will definitely be using them again in the future! Thanks guys! The trees look great!!
A Sharper Image Tree Service did an excellent job for us. They trimmed and pruned a variety of trees including large live oaks, fishtail palms, areca palms, robellini palms, and crepe myrtles all with great success and many of which were not easy to get to on our property. Tyler and his crew arrived on time, were professional, and very careful not to damage the lawn or any of our property with their equipment.
A few of the questions we hear most around Homosassa. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
Send us a few details about the job and the town it is in, with photos if you have them. Call or text (352) 322-9876 or use the form, and we set up your free estimate.
Tell us about the tree, the lot or the structure and where it is. We look at the job and put the estimate in writing.