Citrus Park kept its oaks. Along Gunn Highway and the older streets between Sheldon Road and the Upper Tampa Bay Trail, live oaks draped in Spanish moss shade single-story homes. Those homes have been there since the citrus groves went out. Closer to Citrus Park Town Center and the Veterans Expressway, the newer subdivisions have their own planted oaks now coming into full size. StormGuard Trees trims, removes, and cares for trees across Citrus Park.
Tree services we offer in Citrus Park
Trimming and deadwooding the big moss-covered live oaks is the top request. Removal of the laurel oaks and water oaks that grew up alongside them, and are now failing, comes next. In Logan Gate, Fawn Ridge, Citrus Park Colony, and the communities off Sheldon Road, it’s roof clearance, hurricane prep, and palm cleaning. We grind stumps, cable split forks, and clear storm debris throughout.
Local conditions in Citrus Park
The name says it. This was citrus land, sandy and well drained, and the oaks that replaced the groves have deep roots and good wind resistance. The trouble trees are the fast-growing laurel oaks planted in the 1970s and 80s. Any tree in the low ground near Rocky Creek and the trail, where the water table sits high, is a concern too. Spanish moss is everywhere and harmless. Ball moss on a thinning canopy is a sign the tree is stressed.
Citrus Park is unincorporated Hillsborough County. Most yard trees 12 inches or wider at chest height need a county removal permit, and grand oaks of 34 inches or more are strictly protected. Trees along the Upper Tampa Bay Trail corridor are in a preserved buffer. Florida’s arborist exemption applies to documented hazard trees on single-family lots. We check all of it before we quote.
Neighborhoods we serve in Citrus Park
- Logan Gate and Logan Gate Village
- Fawn Ridge and Citrus Park Colony
- The older streets along Gunn Highway and Ehrlich Road
- The neighborhoods off Sheldon Road and Waters Avenue
- Rocky Creek Estates and the lots along the Upper Tampa Bay Trail
- The communities near Citrus Park Town Center and the Veterans Expressway
We also serve Westchase, Carrollwood, Town ‘n’ Country, and Odessa, all next door.
Storm season in Citrus Park
Big live oaks handle wind well when they’ve been thinned and the deadwood is out. The trees that failed in Citrus Park in the 2024 storms were mostly laurel oaks with tight forks. Oaks standing in the wet ground near the creek went too. A spring visit that deadwoods the live oaks and looks hard at the laurel oaks keeps the canopy and keeps it off the roof.
Getting started
Call or text (813) 498-3737 or send the form. We’ll look at the trees and put a price in writing.
