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The Right Tree, The Right Place, The Right Time
Trees are very important to the value of your home, the environment and our health, but the wrong tree in the wrong place can be costly for you and for Northeast Missouri Electric Power Cooperative (Northeast Power). Trees filter the air, cut down on soil erosion, help cut heating and cooling costs and beautify the neighborhood we live in. We also like to have reliable electric service.

Reliable electric service is an integral part of our daily lives. When trees contact power lines, the flow of electricity is interrupted and the lights blink. Northeast Power strives to provide safe, affordable and reliable electric service for its Member-Distribution Cooperatives and their members. To achieve these goals we must manage trees near power lines. Annual trimming is very cost prohibitive and dangerous. Northeast Power would rather spend money on improving the services offered instead of tree maintenance. Let's work together to keep the power on and the trees beautiful and away from the power lines. Trees outside of yards are not allowed on the right-of-way. All tree plantings on the right-of-way easement must have approval from the vegetation department prior to installation.

If you have any questions about the wire zones, planting locations, tree species listed or any other tree questions, please contact the Vegetation Department of Northeast Power. Northeast Power also provides this information in PDF format for downloading / printing.
Mike Jeffries Email symbol
Vegetation Foreman
Wire Zone Diagram - Side View
Zone 3           Zone 3
  Zone 2     Zone 2  
Max Height
25 ft		 Zone 1 Zone 1 Max Height
25 ft
Max Height
15 ft		 Max Height
15 ft
Yard Tree Species Planting Suggestions
Zone 1 Mature Height Zone 2 Mature Height Zone 3 Mature Height
Sour Cherry
8'-10'
  
Showy Mountain Ash
20'-25'
  
White Oak
60'-80'
  
Gray Dogwood
10'-15'
  
Japanese Tree Lilac
20'-25'
  
Oak Hybrids
40'-60'
  
Red Jade Crabapple
8'-12'
  
Amur Chokecherry
25'
  
Quaking Aspen
60'-80'
  
Red Barron Crabapple
12'-15'
  
Butterflies Magnolia
15'-20'
  
American Larch
40'-80'
  
Sugar Tyme Crabapple
15'
  
Hawthorn
15'-20'
  
Green Ash
50'-60'
  
French Hybrid Lilac
12'
  
Pagoda Dogwood
15'-20'
  
Fallgold Ash
50'
  
Common Purple Lilac
12'-15'
  
Prairie Gem Pear
18'-25'
  
White Ash
50'-60'
  
Canadian Hybrid Lilac
12'-15'
  
Red Bud
20'-25'
  
Norway Maple
30'-55'
  
Globe Blue Spruce
3'-5'
  
Apple Serviceberry
20'-25'
  
Red Maple
50'
  
Dwarf Alberta Spruce
5'-7'
  
Amur Maackie
18'-20'
  
Sugar Maple
50'-75'
  
Dwarf Korean Lilac
6'-8'
  
Canada Red Cherry
20'-25'
  
Korean Mountain Ash
20'-45'
  
Royal Star Magnolia
8'-10'
  
All Crabapple Species
up to 25'
 
Scotch Pine
60'-75'
  
Fruitless Weeping Mulberry
10'-15'
  
Amur Maple
20'
  
White Pine
50'-75'
  
Korean Sun Pear
12'
  
Washington Hawthorn
25'
  
Douglas Fir
60'
  
Wayfaringtree Viburnum
15'
  
American Arborvitae
20'
  
Serbian Spruce
50'
  
Siberian Peashrub
12'-15'
  
White Fringetree
25'
  
Balsam Fir
50'
  
Witch Hazel
15'
  
Ohio Buckeye
25'
  
Norway Spruce
50'-60'
  
Gray Dogwood
15'
  
Crepe Mertyle
20'
  
American Yellowwood
40'
  
American Hazelnut
12'
  
American Hornbeam
25'
  
Colorado Spruce
60'
  
Emerald Arborvitae
10'-15'
  
 
Black Hills Spruce
40'
  
Globe Arborvitae
3'-4'
  
 
Concolor Fir
50'
  
 
 
Ornamental Pear
40'
  
 
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