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My neighbors and I are dealing with several nuisance cypress trees that are growing behind our properties (North side). The office complex behind us told us, that these trees are growing on an easement belonging to government.

These trees are aggressively growing into our properties at an alarming rate. They are producing knees that are sticking up in our lawns, damaging expensive lawn equipment and causing people to trip and hurt themselves by twisting their ankles. These cypress knees are also popping up along the fence line and damaging the fence.

The roots of these trees have grown all the way to our homes and are causing destruction to foundation, plumbing, landscape, irrigation and pool systems. I personally had several trees die, pool leaks and nightmare plumbing issues. I find it difficult to landscape my own property, because the invasive root system prohibits digging and building.

Although these trees are beautiful during the summer, during the fall and winter, they drop their brown foliage, and carpet my back lawn. There is no escaping this unwelcome mat of dense foliage. The tiny bristles get caught in my dog's fur each and every time she goes out, and it takes hours to comb out. The dog had to be taken to the Vet once, in order to remove a mat of tangled bristles and fur.

We would like these trees removed, and the roots killed so that the tree does not regrow. The cypress trees can be replaced with another tree like the Queen Palm, which root system does not spread out, and invade the properties adjacent to them. Whatever is decided to replace these trees, should be well thought out in regards to aesthetics, and the long-term impact of surrounding areas.