Most homeowners assume that once they own a piece of land, everything rooted in it is theirs to do with as they please. That assumption gets tested pretty quickly the moment a large tree becomes a ...

Normally, it's illegal to chop down a tree in a national forest. This month, however, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is all for it—provided you get yourself a Forest Service-issued permit first.

Two homeowners share a boundary tree and one wants it removed, but the other does not. Florida law dictates that both homeowners jointly own the tree and must agree on its removal. Also, an HOA board ...