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Site Visit <br /> SER ecologists examined the subject property for areas meeting jurisdictional wetland criteria <br /> during the site visit. One area meeting the jurisdictional criteria of a wetland was flagged, and the <br /> boundary deternuned and delineated. The approximate wetland boundary is outlined in yellow <br /> (Figures 5 and 6). <br /> Accumulated precipitation since 4/O1/2014, as recorded at MSP and reported by the USDA <br /> National Agricultural Statistics Service in cooperation with the Minnesota Department of <br /> Agriculture reports that for the week ended October 19, 2014, was 6.63" above normal. <br /> Precipitation for the period 10/13/14 to 10/19/14 was reported to be 0.53" below normal and for <br /> the preceding 4 weeks was 0.65"below normal. <br /> The construction of a driveway through a large wetland area divided one potential basin into two. <br /> Therefore, this wetland investigation determined the presence of three wetland basins within the <br /> site boundary. Each basin is described below according to the findings at each sample point. <br /> Basin I <br /> The majority of the first wetland basin on this parcel is classified as a PFO 1 B, Type 1 L, <br /> floodplain forest wetland located south of the driveway and stretching southeast through a <br /> shallow ravine. East of sample transect 1-1 there is a portion of the wetland basin classified as <br /> PEMC, Type 2, fresh (wet) meadow. East of sample transect 1-2 there is a portion of the <br /> wetland basin classified as a PEMF, Type 3/4, shallow/deep marsh. <br /> The wetland vegetation was dominated by reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea FACV� in <br /> the herb stratum for sample points 1-1 WET. Sample point 1-2 WET was dominated by sandbar <br /> willow (Salix interior OBL) in the shrub stratum with Canada goldenrod (Solidago Canadensis <br /> FACU) and Field horsetail (Equisetum arvense FAC) in the herb stratum. The transition to <br /> upland can be marked by the change in vegetation community. The further upslope the more <br /> upland species, such as Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis FAC), buckthorn (Rhamnus <br /> cathartica FAC), prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum FACU), smooth brome (Bromus <br /> inermis FACU) and Canada goldenrod (Solidago Canadensis FACU) become dominant as <br /> evidenced in upland samples 1-1 UP, and 1-2 UP. The upland forested areas exhibited a <br /> dominance of eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides FAC), green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica <br /> FACV� and silver maple(Acer saccharinum FACV�. <br /> The soils at sample point 1-1 WET consisted of muck for 2 inches of depth where it changes to a <br /> clay with depletions until 15 inches of depth, then changed to a sandy clay with concentrations. <br /> Sample point 1-1 WET had hydric indicator Al2 (Thick Dark Surface) and F7 (Depleted Dark <br /> Surface). The web soil survey indicates the soil series as Hamel-Glencoe. The soils at sample <br /> point 1-2 WET consisted of clay for 24 inches of depth with depletions present. Sample point 1-2 <br /> WET had hydric indicator F7 (Depleted Dark Surface). The web soil survey indicates the soil <br /> series as Hamel-Glencoe. <br /> The soils at sample point 1-1 UP consisted of clay for 22 inches of depth, then switching to <br /> sandy clay with a depleted matrix from 22-30 inches. The web soil survey indicates the soil <br /> series as Lester loam. The soils at sample point 1-2 UP consisted of clay for 24 inches of depth <br /> Svoboda Ecological Resources 300&350 Stubbs Bay Road <br /> Project Number: 2014-037-03 3 Orono <br />