Tree Services
Tree Removal
Whether a tree is damaged, dead, or a safety hazard, our crews ensure safe and efficient removal with minimal disruption to your property.
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Southfield's mature street trees, planted decades ago along its older commercial corridors and neighborhoods, need an arborist watching for the diseases that target an aging urban canopy.
99% recommended
Why Southfield
Local tree care for Southfield's mature canopy.
Serving Southfield, Michigan through our Troy crew, with the same expert arborists, the same standards, and the same around the clock availability.
Southfield's tree canopy is older than much of Oakland County, planted through decades of postwar growth, which means more large, established trees and more history for us to check before we recommend anything.
What we do
Tree care in Southfield, made easy.
Tree Services
Tree Trimming & Pruning
Keep your trees safe, structured, and looking right. We remove dead or overgrown branches, improve clearance, and reduce storm risk.
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Emergency & Storm Damage
When storms cause tree damage, our emergency team responds quickly to remove hazards, clear debris, and restore safety.
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WindReady™ Storm Prep
Strategic pruning, cabling, and bracing to reduce storm damage risks before severe weather hits.
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Safety & Risk Assessments
Identifying potential hazards before they become problems. Tree stability, structural integrity, and surrounding risks evaluated on-site.
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Virtual Consulting & Estimates
Get expert arborist guidance without a site visit. Share photos or video of your trees and receive a written assessment and estimate within 24 hours.
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Multi-Location Management
Simplify tree care across multiple properties with a single, trusted provider. Consistent maintenance and emergency response.
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HOA & Property Management
One point of contact for the whole community: scheduled rounds, board-friendly reports, and uniform standards across every lot.
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Municipal Tree Care
ROW maintenance, public works contracts, and storm response for city forestry teams. We handle permits and traffic plans.
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Fortune-500 Grounds
Corporate campuses, hospital systems, and headquarters landscapes. Quarterly walks, annual risk reports, and paperwork your facilities team can keep on file.
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Commercial Emergency Response
Fast dispatch to any property in our service area, with the insurance that matters and safety plans your operations team can review.
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Property Tree Inventory
A geotagged inventory of every tree on the property: species, age, condition, and recommended work, refreshed annually.
Learn more →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.
JB
★★★★★
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
JM
★★★★★
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
GH
★★★★★
CATS crew was amazing across the board from Mike & Lisa & Joe to the crew that came to our house. The consultation was easy and informative and made me feel comfortable in choosing them. The price was less…
Guy Hunt●1 month ago
Local expertise
Why an Expert Arborist Matters in Southfield
Southfield sits in Oakland County and carries one of the area’s older tree canopies, planted through decades of postwar development along its commercial corridors and residential streets. Older trees carry older risk: any American elm still standing is a Dutch elm disease concern, and mature lindens and maples that have gone years without structural pruning often hide codominant stems that a young tree would not yet show. An arborist working in Southfield is reading decades of growth history, not just this year’s canopy.
The city sits on the same fertile loam to heavy clay soil found across Oakland County, ground that saturates seasonally and stresses root systems in older trees more than younger ones. Southfield’s cold humid continental climate adds severe winters on top of storm prone summers. We produce written tree risk assessments using TRAQ methodology, accepted by HOAs, insurance carriers, and legal counsel, and carry the insurance that matters.
Southfield’s Tree Challenges
Southfield’s aging canopy of littleleaf linden, Norway maple, and remaining elm faces two compounding threats. Dutch elm disease continues to pick off untreated American elm, often with little warning before wilt sets in. Meanwhile decades of unmanaged growth in mature lindens and maples means denser, heavier crowns that trap wet snow and ice more than a well pruned younger tree would.
That combination raises the stakes during Southfield’s winter storm season, when heavy snow and ice load breakage targets exactly the overgrown, poorly structured limbs an aging canopy tends to produce. Summer brings its own risk from derecho and thunderstorm windthrow, especially where root systems have been weakened by years of soil compaction. An expert arborist reads the cause, not just the symptom, before any saw fires up.
Service area
Our Troy service area.
Southfield is in the Troy service area. Calls route through national intake until local coverage is verified.
Areas we cover
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Southfield FAQ
Local questions, local answers.
Don't see your question? Call us. Every call is answered by a human arborist, day or night.
Do you serve Southfield, MI?
Yes. The Certified Arborist Tree Service works throughout Southfield and the surrounding Oakland County area. Call for a free on-site estimate.
How fast can an arborist get to my property?
Most estimate visits happen within 24 hours, and storm emergencies get a crew on site the same day. We answer the phone around the clock, not a call center.
Southfield has a lot of older elm and linden trees. Are they at risk?
Any remaining American elm in Southfield is a Dutch elm disease watch, and mature lindens need thinning to shed winter snow load safely. Age alone raises the stakes on both, so we inspect before recommending pruning or removal.
Do you provide documentation for my HOA or insurer?
Yes. We provide written, signed tree risk assessments using TRAQ methodology, accepted by HOAs, insurance carriers, and legal counsel.
Are you licensed and insured?
Yes. We carry the insurance that matters, the kind that protects every inch of your property.
Take back your trees today
One expert arborist. Every tree on your property.
Free estimate. Twenty-four-hour response. No contracts. No commitments.
Or call (844) 835-8733, answered 24/7 by a human.
