Invasive Plant Rules in Columbia, MO (2026)
1 verified invasive plant rules for Columbia, Missouri, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
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Front Yard Gardens
Columbia's landscape code affirmatively allows front-yard vegetable, community and native-plant gardens in Boone County, provided invasive species are controlled and dead plant material is cleared each year.
Columbia, Missouri Front-Yard Garden Rules
Light RestrictionsColumbia Code of Ordinances § 11-252(b)(1)-(2)
(1)Managed native landscapes which may or may not have gone to seed or developed to maturity are permitted provided that the native landscape meets all requirements in section 11-252(a) of this Code, non-native invasive plants are controlled, and dead native vegetation is removed annually by March 21st.(2)All urban agricultural crops, agricultural crops, community gardens and vegetable gardens ...
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