Tree guides for Grand Strand homeowners
Plain-language answers to the questions we hear most: what removal costs here, which town's permit rule applies to your tree, how to care for a live oak, which trees fail in hurricanes, what to do about a beetle-hit pine, and what to do with the debris the city won't take.
Tree removal cost in Myrtle Beach
2026 prices by size and species, crane and stump add-ons, permits and mitigation, and what moves the number.
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Tree permits, town by town
Myrtle Beach, North Myrtle Beach, Horry County, Conway, Surfside, Georgetown County and Pawleys — every threshold and fine.
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Live oaks of the Grand Strand
Why they're the best tree we have, how to tell them from laurel oaks, how to care for one, and what landmark status means.
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Trees that fail in hurricanes
The wind-resistance rankings, what Florence, Matthew and Ian did here, and why saturated sand is the real problem.
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Pine beetles & dying pines
Ips, black turpentine beetles and the needle-color rule for Horry County's loblollies and longleafs.
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Yard debris & burning rules
What the city won't collect, what the landfill charges, when you can burn in Horry County, and the two fires that explain the rules.
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