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� � Bordson Orono Site <br /> Number 02070NB <br /> � The National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) (Excelsior, MN) identifies Basin 1 as PEM1/SS1C. <br /> No other basins were identified. <br /> � The background topography north of the identified basin shows the elevational high where the <br /> reed canary ;rass was observed alongside the constructed roadway. <br /> � The Soil Survey of Hennepin County (page 43) identifies the soils on the parcel. The data <br /> forms describe the soil information along the edges. Soils mapped on the Soil Survey include: <br /> � Co Cordova silt cla loam <br /> Y Y <br /> � Ha Hamel loam <br /> LrB, LrC Lester loam <br /> Basin 1 coincided with a"Small depression, poor to very poorly drained" symbol <br /> � <br /> Alongside the paved asphalt roadway was an area of reed canary grass at the highest point of the <br /> roadway. No stormsewer was observed, and a roadside ditch was observed here. The ditch <br /> � flowed downslope both to the east and to the west. <br /> The reed canary grass extended all the way upslope to the existing trees from the roadside. This <br /> � phenomenon is indicative of reed canary grass-dominated topsoil used to topsoil over graded-to- <br /> elevation subsoil. Canada goldenrod and Canada thistle were common within the reed canary <br /> � grass (even at the bottom of the roadside ditch), along with common milkweed. <br /> It appears that this area does not meet wetland criteria because there is nothing to hold the <br /> � hydrology, and it is at the top of a watershed so that there is only a minimal amount of water that <br /> _ would enter this area. The soils are unlikely to have ground water action at this location as well. <br /> � Basin Description <br /> Basin 1 was a Type 3,4 (PEM1ClF)reed canary gass monoculture with a common cattail <br /> monoculture in the middle. <br /> � <br /> The adjacent upland was dominated by sugar maple, red oak, and black cherry trees; suaar maple, <br /> � common buckthorn, and prickly ash shrubs; and Pennsylvania sedge, thicket creeper, and Cleaver's <br /> -- bedstraw ground cover. <br /> � Slippery elm was observed along the edge. <br /> � <br /> `" Copyright O 2002, Aquatic EcoSolutions, Inc. Page 3 of 4 <br /> Ecoiogical Solutions to Environmenta!Clurllcmges <br />