St. Johns County stretches from the Atlantic barrier islands westward across a coastal plain of maritime hammock, pine flatwoods, and tidal marsh along the Matanzas and Tolomato Rivers. TreeShop LLC provides professional land clearing, forestry mulching, and site preparation across St. Johns County — serving St. Augustine, Ponte Vedra, Ponte Vedra Beach, Elkton, Hastings, and 5 more communities.
Residential subdivision development dominates St. Johns County's clearing workload, with large master-planned communities like Nocatee, Shearwater, and Twin Creeks consuming hundreds of acres of flatwoods and scrub annually. Agricultural land conversion in the Elkton-Hastings corridor is accelerating as potato and sod farms sell to residential developers drawn by the county's top-ranked school system. Historic district renovations in St. Augustine require delicate selective clearing that respects heritage trees and archaeological sensitivity. The Ponte Vedra-Ponte Vedra Beach corridor generates demand for high-end estate lot clearing where specimen live oaks must be preserved while understory is removed to create manicured, park-like settings.
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.
St. Johns County stretches from the Atlantic barrier islands westward across a coastal plain of maritime hammock, pine flatwoods, and tidal marsh along the Matanzas and Tolomato Rivers. The western interior rises gently onto sandy uplands used for agriculture—the Hastings area has been a center of potato farming since the early 1900s. The county's northern sector around Ponte Vedra and Nocatee features well-drained sandy ridges interspersed with freshwater wetlands, while the southern portion near Elkton transitions into broader flatwoods and creek-bottom swamp associated with the Pellicer Creek and Moses Creek basins.
St. Johns County has ranked among the fastest-growing counties in Florida for over a decade, adding more than 100,000 residents since 2010. The county's consistently top-rated school district is the primary draw for families relocating from Duval County and out of state, and the continued buildout of Nocatee—planned for over 30,000 homes at full capacity—ensures sustained demand for land clearing services.
St. Augustine's historic district overlay imposes additional vegetation removal restrictions that protect the city's colonial-era tree canopy, particularly specimen live oaks and magnolias within the downtown core. The Guana Tolomato Matanzas (GTM) National Estuarine Research Reserve protects over 73,000 acres of coastal habitat in the county, and development adjacent to the reserve triggers enhanced environmental review and buffer requirements. Right whale calving grounds off the St. Johns coast restrict coastal construction noise and lighting during the November-through-April calving season. Gopher tortoise populations are dense on the sandy uplands throughout the Nocatee and World Golf Village growth corridors, requiring pre-clearing surveys and FWC relocation permits.
Soil: Northern St. Johns County's residential growth areas sit on Hurricane, Orsino, and Tavares fine sands with moderate to good drainage that supports rapid development. The Hastings agricultural district features Ellzey, Placid, and Floridana fine sands—muck-enriched soils that retain moisture for crop production but require drainage management for residential use. Coastal areas contain Canaveral and Palm Beach fine sands on barrier island dunes and relict beach ridges.
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St. Johns County enforces a tree protection ordinance that requires permits for removal of any tree over 8 inches DBH on residential parcels and imposes replacement ratios for protected species including live oak, Southern magnolia, and red cedar. Work within the Coastal Construction Control Line requires DEP permits, and the county's Concurrency Management System ties clearing and development approvals to available infrastructure capacity. Wetland impacts are permitted through the St. Johns River Water Management District.
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