Invasive Plant Rules in Lee's Summit, MO (2026)
1 verified invasive plant rules for Lee's Summit, Missouri, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
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Prohibited Species
Lee's Summit Code Section 30-38 keeps poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac classified as noxious plants even inside an approved native landscape, and it excludes seven other weed species from the native-plant exemption, Johnson grass, hemp, curled dock, ragweed, leafy spurge, nettles and nodding thistle. Growing these species violates the City's weed rules regardless of landscaping intent.
Lee's Summit Noxious Weed Species Prohibition
Some RestrictionsLee's Summit, MO, Code of Ordinances § 30-38(B)
Those plants constituting a health hazard and included in as noxious plants, i.e., poison ivy (Rhus radicans), poison oak (Toxicodendron diversiloba), and poison sumac (Toxicodendron demix), shall remain as classified. The following plants defined as weeds in Chapter 16 are recognized indicators of neglect and are not excepted by this Section: Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense), hemp (Cannabis s...
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