Invasive Plant Rules in Toledo, OH (2026)
1 verified invasive plant rules for Toledo, Ohio, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Tree-of-Heaven Removal
Toledo's tree code names Tree of Heaven among the species banned from street-side planting without a special permit. Section 917.07 lists it alongside box-elder, cottonwood, silver maple, mulberry, poplar, walnut and willow as trees unsatisfactory for public highway use because of aggressive root growth or weak branch and trunk structure.
Toledo Restricts Street Planting Of Tree Of Heaven
Some RestrictionsToledo, Ohio Municipal Code § 917.07
No person shall plant along the public streets or ways of the City any box-elder, catalpa, cottonwood, Chinese elm, soft or silver maple, mulberry, poplar, Tree of Heaven, walnut, willow or other tree which, because of the root growth thereof, the branches or trunk thereof, or which for any other reason shall be deemed unsatisfactory for public highway uses, without obtaining a special permit t...
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