Some of the benefits of removing overgrown trees from your property are very much like the reasons to remove trees that are diseased or dead. Other benefits are particular to the fact that trees are encroaching on your house or other places on your property where they’re not wanted.
Removal Lowers the Risk of Disease and Pest Infestation
Thinning out overgrown trees helps to prevent diseases and pests from proliferating. Broken and diseased branches are hard to see if the trees are overgrown. Because of this, problems can spread from one area of the trees to the other and eventually infect trees and shrubs on other parts of your property.
Overgrown Trees Shed Branches
An overgrowth of trees also sheds branches, some of them dangerously heavy. Again, because everything is all tangled up, it’s difficult to see which branches might be weak, damaged or ready to fall. These branches can fall on your home, another structure or on a pet or person.
Overgrown Trees Are Fire Hazards
An overgrowth of trees poses a hazard that a single problematic tree doesn’t. Frankly, an overgrowth is a fire hazard. The risk of fire is even higher during dry spells and windy climates. This was seen in the overgrowth of vegetation that fueled the Los Angeles fires in January 2025.
They Can Interfere With Underground Structures
The roots of some trees are hydrophilic, which means they aggressively seek sources of water. An overgrowth of these types of trees can wreak havoc on your home’s sewage pipes and even on your home’s foundation.
Removing an Overgrowth Allows Trees to Grow Properly
Trees growing too closely together have to fight each other for nutrients and sometimes even sunlight. Because of this, it’s difficult for any tree to grow healthily. Thinning out trees ensures the remaining trees have enough space, air, sunlight and nutrients to grow strong.
It’s Difficult to Tend to an Overgrowth of Trees
Pruning and trimming trees keeps them healthy. However, these are difficult tasks when trees are snarled together. Indeed, trying to trim or prune an overgrowth of trees can be hazardous. Another benefit of trimming and pruning trees is that it makes it easier for fruit trees to produce. Fruit trees in orchards that are allowed to grow rank tend to be less productive and unhealthier than well-maintained fruit trees.
If you have overgrown trees on your property, removing or at least thinning them out is good for both you and the remaining trees. If you need tree removal services, get in touch with our arborists at The Tree Doctor of Springfield, MO.
