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Certified Arborist Services in Austin, TX
Diagnosis before treatment. Always.
- Serving Austin since 1975
- Certified arborists on staff
- Fully licensed & insured
- Residential & commercial
Most declining trees in Austin are misdiagnosed. Homeowners are sold fertilizer for a root problem, a fungicide for an insect problem, or a removal for a tree that would recover with irrigation adjustments and mulch.
Our arborist services start with an accurate diagnosis: species, site history, soil condition, irrigation, construction impacts, pathogen signs, and pest evidence. Then we recommend the least invasive effective treatment.
Symptoms that need a professional diagnosis
Trees show stress slowly and generically. Leaf browning could be oak wilt, hypoxylon canker, drought, root rot, herbicide drift, or girdling roots — and the correct response is completely different in each case.
The cost of a diagnostic visit is trivial compared to the cost of removing a mature shade tree that could have been saved.
- •Veinal chlorosis or browning in live oak leaves (possible oak wilt)
- •Rapid canopy browning in a red oak over a few weeks
- •Thinning canopy year over year
- •Sloughing bark with a gray or brown fungal layer (hypoxylon)
- •Sap oozing, boring dust, or exit holes on the trunk
- •Mushrooms or conks at the root flare
- •Recent construction, trenching, or grade change near the root zone
Our process
- 1
Site and history review
Irrigation, grade changes, construction, past pruning, and soil conditions — most tree problems start below ground.
- 2
Systematic inspection
Root flare excavation where needed, trunk and canopy inspection, and sampling when a lab confirmation is warranted.
- 3
Written diagnosis
Plain-language findings with photos, a prognosis, and treatment options ranked by cost and likelihood of success.
- 4
Treatment plan
Macro-infusion for qualifying oak wilt cases, targeted pest treatment, soil decompaction, mulching, irrigation coaching, and structural pruning as needed.
- 5
Follow-up
Recheck visits to confirm response and adjust the plan — treatment without monitoring is guesswork.
Why Austin homeowners choose us
- ✓Certified arborists with 50+ years of institutional knowledge of Austin's tree pathology
- ✓Diagnostics-first culture: we will not sell a treatment we cannot justify
- ✓Oak wilt experience across every major Austin infection center
- ✓Risk assessments and tree preservation plans for construction and commercial sites
- ✓Written reports suitable for insurers, HOAs, builders, and municipal review
Local expertise
Oak wilt is the defining tree disease of Central Texas. Live oaks share interconnected root systems, so an infection in one yard becomes a neighborhood problem — and trenching to sever root grafts is often the only way to stop spread.
Hypoxylon canker follows drought stress and is common on post oaks in Oak Hill, Barton Hills, and western Travis County.
Cotton root rot, iron chlorosis in high-pH limestone soils, and construction root damage round out the top diagnoses we make in the metro.
What affects the price
| Scope | Single-tree diagnosis versus a full property or commercial inventory. |
|---|---|
| Testing | Lab confirmation for pathogens adds cost but eliminates guesswork. |
| Treatment type | Macro-infusion of a heritage oak is a multi-hour procedure priced by trunk diameter. |
| Reporting | Formal written risk assessments for insurers or municipalities take additional documentation time. |
Diagnostic consultations typically run $150–$400; oak wilt macro-infusion is priced by trunk diameter and commonly runs $600–$2,500 per tree.
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Frequently asked questions
A certified arborist diagnoses tree health and structural problems, prescribes treatment, and documents risk. Certification means tested knowledge of tree biology, not just cutting experience.
Yes, in many cases. Macro-infusion with propiconazole can protect high-value live oaks, and trenching can sever root grafts to stop spread. Success depends on how early it is caught.
Often not. Root zone decompaction, mulching, corrected irrigation, and reduced canopy load can help a tree recover over several seasons if root loss was not catastrophic.
Yes. We provide documented arborist assessments with photos, findings, and professional opinion suitable for insurers, HOAs, and permitting.
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