Tree Service in Lecanto, FL
Tree Service in Lecanto, FL
Lecanto sits at the geographic center of Citrus County, which makes it the crossroads for everything else. State Road 44: the Gulf to Lake Highway: runs straight through the middle of it, seven miles from Crystal River and ten from Inverness. Broadway Tree Care serves Lecanto, FL.
- 5.0 Stars Across 27 Google Reviews
- Free On-Site Quotes
- Full Cleanup Included
- Serving All of Citrus County
Broadway Tree Care provides tree removal, trimming, stump grinding and emergency storm work in Lecanto, FL (Citrus County). Rated 5.0 stars across 27 Google reviews. Call (813) 735-2777 for a free written quote.
- What
- Tree removal, trimming and pruning, stump grinding, emergency storm work, lot clearing
- Where
- Lecanto, FL. Citrus County, population 6,301 (2020 census)
- Phone
- (813) 735-2777
- Free on-site quotes throughout Lecanto
- Full cleanup and haul-off included
- Citrus County permit questions answered before we schedule
Broadway Tree Care provides tree service in Lecanto, FL, in Citrus County.
Broadway Tree Care performs tree removal, tree trimming & pruning, emergency tree removal, stump grinding, tree health assessment, tree cabling & bracing, lot clearing and tree planting.
Broadway Tree Care operates as a service-area business and has no walk-in location.
Broadway Tree Care holds a 5.0 star rating from 27 Google reviews.
Broadway Tree Care can be reached at (813) 735-2777.
Broadway Tree Care is a tree service working across Citrus County, Florida, and Lecanto (Citrus County) is one of the towns we cover. Full removals in town have their own page: tree removal in Lecanto. Everything else we do here is set out below.
Tree services we provide in Lecanto
Tree removal
Tree Removal in Lecanto →Tree trimming & pruning
Tree Trimming & Pruning in Lecanto →Emergency tree removal
Emergency Tree Removal in Lecanto →Stump grinding
Stump Grinding in Lecanto →Tree health assessment
Tree Health Assessment in Lecanto →Tree cabling & bracing
Tree Cabling & Bracing in Lecanto →Lot clearing
Lot Clearing in Lecanto →Tree planting
Tree Planting in Lecanto →Tree work in Lecanto: what makes it different
Lecanto sits at the geographic centre of the county, and the trees benefit from it. Far enough inland that salt is not a significant stressor, high enough that the seasonal saturation affecting the lakeside communities does not apply, the result is generally better anchorage and longer-lived trees than either the coast or the lake country produces. When we are called out here, it is more often about size and proximity than about a tree that is failing.
More about tree work in Lecanto
The offsetting factor is exposure. Much of Lecanto is relatively open, and an open-grown tree takes wind from every direction rather than being sheltered by neighbours. Open-grown trees also develop wider, heavier lateral limbs than forest-grown ones, because they have the light to do it: which produces more leverage on the unions and makes reduction pruning more valuable here than it is in a closed canopy.
There is more commercial and institutional work in Lecanto than anywhere else in the county, with the Sheriff's Office and the College of Central Florida's Citrus Campus both here. That work has a different rhythm: larger specimen trees, parking-lot islands where root space is restricted and soil is compacted, and a liability position that means hazards get scheduled rather than deferred. On the residential side the parcels off the county roads run larger, and lot clearing and overgrowth management come up as often as single-tree removals.
Getting to you in Lecanto
Lecanto is the easiest place in the county to get to from anywhere, which is a fair description of the whole town.
- State Road 44, the Gulf to Lake Highway, runs through the center of Lecanto: 7 miles west to Crystal River, 10 miles east to Inverness
- County Road 491 runs northeast from SR 44 at Lecanto about 5 miles to Beverly Hills
- It is the natural staging point for work anywhere in the county's interior
The Citrus County Sheriff's Office and the College of Central Florida's Citrus Campus are both in Lecanto and are the two most reliable reference points in town.
If your property is on SR 44 itself, work timing matters: roadside removals on a highway that carries the county's east-west traffic need planning, not just a crew.
Common tree problems in Lecanto, FL
- Open inland exposure at the county's center: wind reaches trees from any direction with fewer neighbouring trees to break it
- Larger acreage parcels off the county roads where overgrowth and lot clearing are as common a job as single-tree removal
- Institutional and commercial property around the Sheriff's Office and the College of Central Florida campus with specimen trees and real liability exposure
- Heavy through-traffic on SR 44 that constrains when roadside work can safely be done
- A mix of older large-lot properties and newer subdivisions, so no single approach fits the whole community
Which Lecanto tree service fits the situation
Every job below is one we run in Lecanto, and across the rest of Citrus County. The middle column is what the work covers; the right column is the sign that usually brings the call.
| Service | What the job covers | A typical trigger |
|---|---|---|
| Tree Removal | Full removal of hazardous, dead, storm-damaged, or overgrown trees: rigged down safely, hauled out, site left clean. | Large dead limbs, or a canopy that leafed out noticeably thinner this spring |
| Tree Trimming & Pruning | Structural pruning, canopy thinning, deadwood removal, and clearance cuts away from roofs, drives and power drops. | Limbs touching or rubbing the roof, or dragging on the driveway when it rains |
| Emergency Tree Removal | Storm-damaged trees, limbs on roofs, and trunks blocking drives: cleared as quickly as we can get a crew to you. | A limb resting on the roof, a screen enclosure, or a vehicle |
| Stump Grinding | Stumps ground below grade so the spot can be sodded, planted or paved: grindings hauled or left as backfill, your call. | A stump you keep hitting with the mower |
| Tree Health Assessment | An honest read on whether a tree is failing, treatable, or fine: before you spend money removing something that did not need to come down. | The canopy leafed out thinner or later than it used to |
| Tree Cabling & Bracing | Hardware support for split trunks and weak unions: a way to keep a tree you want to keep, when the alternative is removal. | A trunk that splits into two roughly equal stems: a codominant fork |
| Lot Clearing | Clearing trees, brush and undergrowth off building lots, fence lines and overgrown acreage: to the line you mark. | A building lot that needs a pad and driveway cleared |
| Tree Planting | New trees planted at the right depth, in the right spot, with species chosen to survive Florida wind, sand and salt. | You have taken a tree out and want shade back |
Where Lecanto sits
Lecanto is in Citrus County, Florida, with a population of 6,301 (2020 census). State Road 44, the Gulf to Lake Highway, runs through the center of Lecanto: 7 miles west to Crystal River, 10 miles east to Inverness.
Being the middle of the county gives Lecanto a mix you do not get on the coast or out by the lakes. It is inland enough to be out of the direct salt exposure that hits Crystal River, and high enough to avoid the seasonal saturation that plagues the lakeside lots around Inverness: so the trees here tend to be better anchored and longer-lived than in either. The trade-off is that a lot of Lecanto is still relatively open, and open ground means wind gets at a tree from every direction rather than being filtered by neighbours. Lecanto is also where a lot of the county's institutional property sits: the Citrus County Sheriff's Office is here, and the College of Central Florida built its Citrus Campus in Lecanto in 1996. Institutional and commercial parcels are a different kind of tree job from residential: larger specimen trees, parking lot islands, and liability considerations that mean the work gets scheduled rather than deferred. The residential side runs from older parcels on larger acreage out toward the county roads, to newer subdivisions closer to SR 44.
Town background drawn from the Lecanto, Florida entry on Wikipedia. Permit rules for this parcel are confirmed with the Citrus County Building Division, not with us.
What Customers Say
5.0 stars across 27 Google reviews, serving Lecanto
Excellent service on trimming my trees to prepare for hurricane season next year. Removed limbs cut. Comparable prices I would hire them again
Trudi FauchierTree trimming · Google review · 7 months ago
Broadway Tree Care is awesome! The team is efficient and professional. Highly recommended
Carlos QuintanillaGoogle review · 11 months ago
I had an excellent experience with Broadway Tree Care from start to finish. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Broadway Tree Care to anyone needing tree trimming or removal.
Alisson BonillaGoogle review · 11 months ago
Tree service in Lecanto, FL: frequently asked questions
Do you serve Lecanto, FL?
Yes. Lecanto is 7 miles east of Crystal River on SR 44 and it is central to our whole service area. Call (813) 735-2777.
Are trees in Lecanto healthier than on the coast?
Often, yes. Lecanto is inland enough to be out of the direct salt exposure that stresses trees in Crystal River, and it sits higher than the lakeside ground around Inverness that saturates seasonally. Better anchorage, longer-lived trees. The trade-off is more open exposure to wind from any direction.
Do you clear larger acreage parcels around Lecanto?
Yes: lot clearing is a regular job in Lecanto because of the larger parcels off the county roads. We walk the property with you and flag the trees worth keeping before anything starts.
Can you handle commercial property in Lecanto?
Yes. Commercial and institutional work around the Lecanto campus and the county facilities is normal for us: larger specimen trees, parking islands, and scheduling that works around the property's operating hours.
My Lecanto property fronts SR 44. Is that a problem?
Not a problem, but it needs planning. Roadside work on the county's main east-west highway through Lecanto has to be set up properly rather than just crewed up, and that affects when we can schedule it.
Areas we cover around Lecanto
We run the same trucks into the towns either side of Lecanto. These are the areas nearest to you that we cover.
Towns near Lecanto we also cover
Getting from Lecanto to the towns around it
Distances are straight-line, centre to centre. Town centres geocoded 2026-08-18 (OpenStreetMap Nominatim, county-constrained, cross-checked against Wikipedia).
Lecanto to Crystal River
Roads we runState Road 44, the Gulf to Lake Highway, runs through the center of Lecanto: 7 miles west to Crystal River, 10 miles east to Inverness
Straight-line distanceAbout 7.3 miles, measured centre to centre in a straight line: that is not a drive time.
Lecanto to Inverness
Roads we runState Road 44, the Gulf to Lake Highway, runs through the center of Lecanto: 7 miles west to Crystal River, 10 miles east to Inverness
Straight-line distanceAbout 9.6 miles, measured centre to centre in a straight line: that is not a drive time.
Lecanto to Beverly Hills
Roads we runCounty Road 491 runs northeast from SR 44 at Lecanto about 5 miles to Beverly Hills
Straight-line distanceAbout 5 miles, measured centre to centre in a straight line: that is not a drive time.
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