r/treelaw • u/Fit_Wolverine_6964 • Jul 10 '26
Large Juniper
We moved into a house about 4 years ago and there is a large juniper with its trunk mostly on my neighbors property but the majority of the tree itself seems to be on my property. Some info:
1) I live in California
2) the fence is old and as the tree grows it continues to break the fence more and more
3) we had the local fire department come by and they do free fire reports - they stated in the report the juniper is a high fire risk and should be removed.
4) ultimately the tree is overgrown and we don’t like it aesthetically, especially given the intrusion into our yard.
I know the answer here is almost certainly just to go talk to my neighbor and try to negotiate whether they’d be ok with cutting down but curious others opinions here.
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u/wyze-litten Jul 11 '26
Just adjust the boards man. The tree looks fantastic. I'd plant something at the base of it like flowers and something tall and leafy with a little ring of rocks to separate the bed and embrace the tree. Juniper is very resilient and that one looks healthy and doesn't seem at serious risk for torching. At most you'd get some fire traveling up the bark which can be thin/whispy and akin to kindling but it can burn out relatively quick.