Tree guides for Cape Coral homeowners
Plain-language answers to the questions we hear most: what removal costs here, whether you need a permit (you don't, but the state has rules), how to get the trees ready for hurricane season, why the pines are still dying after Ian, what to do about the owls on your lot, and which palm diseases have no cure.
Tree removal cost in Cape Coral
2026 prices by size and species, canal-lot and crane add-ons, and what moves the number.
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Do you need a permit in Cape Coral?
No city permit — but F.S. 163.045, the required-tree count, the invasive list, the islands and Fort Myers all have rules.
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Hurricane tree prep in Lee County
What Charley, Wilma, Irma, Ian and Milton taught us, which species survive, and the May checklist.
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Pines dying after Ian
Ring shake, saltwater and Ips beetles: why slash pines are still failing three summers later.
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Burrowing owls and lot clearing
Buffers, nesting season, FWC permits, tortoises and eagles — the rules for clearing a Cape Coral lot.
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Palm diseases in Lee County
Ganoderma, lethal bronzing and lethal yellowing: how to tell them from a hungry palm, and what to do.
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