ISA-certified arborists
Mountain View, and all of the Bay, takes its trees seriously. The city is even recognized as a Tree City USA by the National Arbor Day Foundation. Mountain View has tall oaks, mature redwoods, and an old-growth canopy that has been growing for decades. That kind of urban forest needs real attention to stay healthy.
West Coast Tree Care has been providing tree services in Mountain View, CA, and the Bay Area since 1992. We work on residential and commercial properties all over the city. Our ISA-certified arborists in Mountain View, CA, look at soil health, root systems, pest pressure, and structure before recommending anything.
People mix these two up all the time. Tree pruning and tree trimming in Mountain View, CA, are related but not the same job.
Trimming controls size and shape. It handles overgrowth. That means branches that are growing toward roofs, power lines, homes, or overhanging your neighbor’s yard. There are a lot of mid-century ranch homes here in Mountain View with quite a few mature trees in small yards. Trimming is often about keeping the tree in proportion with the space it has.
Pruning is about the inside of the tree, its health, and its structure. Pruning removes dead wood, weak branch unions, and growth that is heading in a bad direction. When done right, it sets the tree up for future success. It makes the tree stronger and less likely to fail. But if you skip it long enough, small structural problems will easily turn into hazards.
You might think tree problems start at the top, where you’ll see when something goes amiss. By the time something actually shows up in the leaves (yellowing, dieback, early drop), the real issue has usually been building underground or in the bark for a while. We build our plant health care in Mountain View, CA, around finding those problems before they get out of hand.
What we deal with regularly in Mountain View:
Removing a tree is the last resort. There’s almost always a reason to try something else first. But some trees cannot be saved, and waiting too long makes the job harder and the risk to your property higher. We exhaust every option before opting for removal.
After removal, stump grinding takes care of the rest. It grinds the stump below soil level so there is no stub left behind. That cancels out the tripping hazard and eliminates decaying wood that attracts pests. We include it in our full tree services in Mountain View, CA.
Mountain View has a lot of commercial and tech campus property with significant tree canopy: the Google campus near Shoreline, the office parks along Middlefield and Charleston, and the retail areas around Castro Street. All of it needs care to stay healthy and code-compliant. Our commercial tree services in Mountain View, CA, cover property managers, HOAs, business owners, and large campus operators. We handle ongoing pruning and monitoring programs, single-visit jobs, and emergency work after storm or wind damage.
We know running a business is hard work, so we work around your schedule. We are not going to shut down your parking lot at 9 AM on a Tuesday without a plan in place.
West Coast Tree Care has been working with homeowners and businesses across the South Bay since 1992. Whether you have a Heritage Tree that needs a once-over or a stump that has been sitting in the yard too long, give us a call.
Here are common questions we get from our Mountain View customers.
Yes, for Heritage Trees and Street Trees. Removing a Heritage Tree without a permit can result in fines that run into the tens of thousands of dollars. Where you apply depends on your property type. Single-family homes go through the Forestry Division, while larger or more complex projects go through the Planning Division. Plan to replant two new trees for every Heritage Tree removed, or pay a fee if you can’t replant.
The Invasive Shothole Borer is the biggest threat in Santa Clara County right now. It goes after sycamores, box elders, willows, and oaks. Look for tiny entry holes in the bark, dark staining around them. Sudden Oak Death is also in the county and is well worth watching for on oak-heavy properties. Our pest control in Mountain View, CA addresses all of these.
If the issue is in the branches: dead wood, crossing limbs, uneven growth, poor form. Pruning is usually the answer here. But if there’s a problem in the trunk or roots, that changes things. Decay, root failure, or a serious pest infestation in the heartwood are problems you can’t fix with pruning. The best way to find out is to get one of our ISA-certified arborists in Mountain View, CA, to take a look.
