Broward County occupies a narrow band of developable land between the Atlantic Ocean and the Everglades, making it the most densely populated county in TreeShop's service area. The Atlantic Coastal Ridge—a strip of well-drained oolitic limestone—supports the urban core from Deerfield Beach south through Fort Lauderdale to Hollywood. TreeShop LLC provides professional land clearing, forestry mulching, and site preparation across Broward County — serving Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Pembroke Pines, Coral Springs, Miramar, and 9 more communities.
Broward County's high density and near-complete buildout mean that traditional large-scale land clearing is rare. Instead, the market revolves around infill redevelopment—demolishing older commercial structures or single-family homes and clearing the resulting site for new construction. Southwest Ranches and western Davie support the county's most active rural clearing market, with horse property owners maintaining pastures, removing invasive species, and clearing overgrown paddock areas. Parkland and Coral Springs generate selective clearing for residential additions and pool installations. Commercial clients along the I-95, Florida Turnpike, and Sawgrass Expressway corridors commission site preparation for redevelopment and adaptive reuse projects.
Forestry mulcher heads grind trees, brush, and woody vegetation up to 8 inches in diameter. Mulch stays on-site as ground cover — no hauling, no burning.
Full-scale clearing with excavators and track loaders. Standard full loadout at $5,000/day, finish and detail work at $2,875/day. Complete site preparation for construction or development.
High-capacity rotary mowing for overgrown fields, pastures, and grassy lots. Ideal for tall grass, weeds, and light brush that doesn't require forestry mulching equipment.
Below-grade stump removal for build-ready or landscape-ready sites. $450 minimum per visit. Most stumps take 15-30 minutes depending on size and root structure.
Quarterly to annual regrowth control for previously cleared properties. Scheduled return visits with forestry mulching or mowing equipment to protect your clearing investment.
Targeted removal of Brazilian pepper, melaleuca, Australian pine, and other invasive vegetation. Selective clearing that preserves desirable native trees and landscape.
Restore overgrown pasture and agricultural land to productive use. Mulch the overgrowth, grind stumps at grade, and leave a surface ready for seeding or fencing.
Site grading, drainage swales, retention areas, foundation prep, driveway cuts, and earth moving. Proper water management for Florida's flat terrain and high water table.
Complete removal of land clearing debris through hauling, on-site burning, chipping, or grinding. We handle the full lifecycle — clear the land, then clean it up.
Broward County occupies a narrow band of developable land between the Atlantic Ocean and the Everglades, making it the most densely populated county in TreeShop's service area. The Atlantic Coastal Ridge—a strip of well-drained oolitic limestone—supports the urban core from Deerfield Beach south through Fort Lauderdale to Hollywood. West of the ridge, the terrain drops into the low-lying flatwoods and former sawgrass marshes that were drained in the mid-twentieth century to create the western suburbs of Weston, Pembroke Pines, and Coral Springs. The Everglades begins abruptly at the western boundary, held back by the L-35A and L-36 levees. Southwest Ranches and western Davie retain a rural-residential character with horse farms, nurseries, and scattered hammocks amid the suburban matrix.
Broward County's near-total buildout has shifted clearing demand from greenfield development to redevelopment and property maintenance. Rising property values incentivize teardown-and-rebuild projects in Fort Lauderdale, Pompano Beach, and Hollywood, each generating clearing work on the demo site. Southwest Ranches—one of the last municipalities in Broward with lots exceeding one acre—attracts buyers seeking semi-rural living, and many of these properties require clearing and invasive removal upon purchase. The county's severe invasive species pressure, particularly from Brazilian pepper, melaleuca, and schefflera, generates year-round removal contracts on both private and municipal properties.
Broward County's environmental regulations reflect its position as an urban buffer to the Everglades. The county's tree preservation ordinance protects all native trees over three inches in diameter and requires one-to-one canopy replacement for permitted removals. Each of Broward's 31 municipalities may enforce additional local tree ordinances, creating a patchwork of requirements across the county. The western levee system marks the boundary of the Everglades water conservation areas, and any clearing activity within one mile of the levee triggers South Florida Water Management District and Army Corps of Engineers review. Florida burrowing owl colonies are found in open areas throughout the county—including vacant lots, parks, and road medians—and each burrow requires a 10-foot buffer during nesting season. Broward County also enforces mangrove protection along the Intracoastal Waterway and New River.
Soil: The Atlantic Coastal Ridge through Fort Lauderdale and Pompano Beach is underlain by Krome and Chekika gravelly loams over oolitic limestone—well-drained but extremely shallow soils that make excavation difficult. Western Broward suburbs sit on Dania and Lauderhill muck soils, organic remnants of the former Everglades that were drained for development. Hallandale and Margate fine sands, with limestone within twenty inches of the surface, dominate the transitional zone between the ridge and the muck. The shallow bedrock throughout the county complicates stump grinding and excavation.
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Broward County requires a tree removal permit for any protected native tree and a land-clearing permit for parcels exceeding one-quarter acre. The county's 31 municipalities—more than any other Florida county—each maintain separate tree and clearing ordinances, meaning a project in Southwest Ranches follows entirely different rules than one in Fort Lauderdale or Coral Springs. South Florida Water Management District Environmental Resource Permits apply to projects affecting surface water or wetlands. Broward County's Manatee Protection Plan restricts in-water work and shoreline alteration along the Intracoastal and New River corridors. Building permit applications for redevelopment sites typically require a tree survey showing compliance with canopy replacement requirements.
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