{"id":"us-mo","slug":"missouri","name":"Missouri","license":"CC-BY-4.0","placeNode":"/places/us-mo.json","construction":{"reviewStatus":"none","applications":[],"localApplications":[],"requirements":[],"sources":[{"title":"RSMo 67.280 Communities may incorporate by reference certain technical codes","url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=67.280","publisher":"Missouri Revisor of Statutes","sourceType":"official","accessedOn":"2026-08-26T00:00:00.000Z"}]},"localAuthorities":[],"claims":{"exact":[{"id":"guide:cedar-glades-vs-cedar-hedges:1","anchor":"local-us-mo-cedar-glades-vs-cedar-hedges-1","place":"Missouri Department of Conservation, eastern red cedar field guide","placeId":"us-mo","scopeKind":"place","scopeMode":"descendants","scopeRef":null,"claim":"Occurs on glades and bluffs; in open, rocky woods, pastures, and old fields; and along roadsides and fencerows. Some gnarled cedars on Ozark bluffs are over 1,000 years old. This species tends to invade glades and prairies that are not burned periodically, damaging prairie plants’ ability to survive, and ultimately turning a grassland into a forest. Prescribed burning and cutting of woody plants like cedars helps prairies and glades to survive. Before European settlement, eastern red cedar was uncommon in Missouri’s landscape and was almost entirely restricted to bluffs and cliffs — places where fire could not reach it. The tree has been cultivated since 1664, and old specimens are prominent in many old cemeteries, farmyards, and neighborhoods. An oil from the resin is used for ointments, soaps, and to flavor gin. Missouri has one other native juniper, Ashe’s juniper (Juniperus ashei).","asOf":"2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z","object":{"kind":"guide","id":"cedar-glades-vs-cedar-hedges","title":"Cedar glades versus cedar hedges","url":"/guides/cedar-glades-vs-cedar-hedges/"},"source":{"title":"Eastern Red Cedar","url":"https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/eastern-red-cedar","publisher":"Missouri Department of Conservation","sourceType":"official","accessedOn":"2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z"}},{"id":"guide:cedar-glades-vs-cedar-hedges:2","anchor":"local-us-mo-cedar-glades-vs-cedar-hedges-2","place":"University of Missouri Extension Green Horizons, Spring 2006 (Hank Stelzer)","placeId":"us-mo","scopeKind":"place","scopeMode":"descendants","scopeRef":null,"claim":"Zone 1, the first 30 feet from the structure, is the area of maximum modification. Maintain a grass lawn. Ornamental shrubs should be no taller than 18 inches and be fire-resistant. Eliminate all conifers (especially red cedar) in this zone. As most wildfires in Missouri stay on the ground, prune tree limbs 6–10 feet from the ground. There is no such thing as a fireproof plant. Fire-resistant examples: oak, hickory, maple, ash, dogwood, redbud and sumac. Flammable plants have needle-like or other fine leaves and tend to have resinous, oily or waxy foliage or wood. Most conifers, such as junipers, pines and cedars fit this bill.","asOf":"2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z","object":{"kind":"guide","id":"cedar-glades-vs-cedar-hedges","title":"Cedar glades versus cedar hedges","url":"/guides/cedar-glades-vs-cedar-hedges/"},"source":{"title":"Protect your property from wildfire (Green Horizons Vol. 10 No. 2)","url":"http://agebb.missouri.edu/agforest/archives/v10n2/gh1.htm","publisher":"University of Missouri Extension (Hank Stelzer, Extension Forester)","sourceType":"official","accessedOn":"2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z","documentDate":"2006-04-01T00:00:00.000Z"}}],"local":[]},"placeFocusedGuides":[],"findings":[],"plants":{"grain":"state","total":493,"nativeDocumented":0,"invasiveOrNoxiousFlagged":120,"fireResistant":305,"keepAway":41,"conflicts":11,"page":"/grow/missouri/"},"fireEvidencePublicationScope":{"answerGrain":"no-typed-local-source","sourceCount":0}}