Burning is a natural process in Missouri ecosystems and can also be used as a management tool. Native Missouri plants are adapted to burning and will respond positively. The soil is warmed, and nutrients are quickly returned to the system. The native plants respond with vigorous growth. Winter is the safest and best time […]

  Ilex decidua is a Missouri native, deciduous holly that is commonly called possum haw. It occurs on limestone glades and bluffs, along streams in wet woods, and in lowland valleys, sloughs and swamps. An upright shrub with a spreading, rounded crown which typically grows 7-15′ tall in cultivation (to 30′ in the wild). Obovate, narrow, […]

Bush honeysuckles will invade a wide variety of natural communities with or without previous disturbances. Affected natural communities can include: lake and stream banks, marsh, fens, sedge meadow, wet and dry prairies, savannas, floodplain and upland forests and woodlands.  It is becoming a major problem in the State of Missouri and is spreading rapidly.  The […]

  Eberwein Park opened in the City of Chesterfield on September 1, 2011.  There is a dog park  within the 18-acre Eberwein Park, at Old Baxter Road and Highcroft Drive, and it has proven to be very popular with residents.  Chesterfield is committed to sustainability and being friendly to the environment and decided that installing […]