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Wetland boundaries were marked at the site by blaze-orange"wetland boundary" flagging attached to 4-foot wooden lath. Where vegetation was dense, to assist in locating the flagged lath (wetland edge), a second piece of flagging was attached to a nearby tree or shrub branch. The "wetland boundary" is considered to be the topographically highest extent of the wetland basin; areas below the staked boundary met the three required wetland criteria while areas above were lacking in one or ' more of these criteria Wetland classification followed methods described by Cowardin et al. (1979)and used in the NWI (e.g. PEMB, PSS 1 C, etc.), completed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The Circular 39 classification (Shaw and Fredine 1956) is also given (e.g. Type 1, Type 2...etc.). The indicator status of plants,as described in Appendix B,was determined using the National List ofPlant Species That Occur in Wetlands—Region 3 (Sabine 1999). RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Background Information- (Office-Based Investigation) The NWI map(Excelsior Quadrangle)illustrates one wetland basin located within the subject parcel ' (Figure 2).The wetland is described as a palustrine(P)type wetland exhibiting emergent vegetation (EM) and a seasonally flooded hydrologic regime (C) being partially drained or ditched (d), or a Type 2 PEMCd wetland on the NWI map. The Soil Survey of Hennepin County, Figure 3, indicates four soil series present on the subject property. These soil series are: Cordova, Kilkenny, Klossner, and Lerdal (see figure 3). Cordova ' and Klossner are classified as hydric soils(SCS Hydric Soils of the United States), illustrated with blue crosshatching on Figure 3. Soil series descriptions are given in Appendix C. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, State Protected Waters Map, indicates no DNR protected water bodies within the subject parcel (Figure 4). Site Visit SER personnel examined the subject property for areas meeting jurisdictional wetland criteria during the site visit. One basin meeting the jurisdictional criteria of a wetland, for which a boundary was 1 determined, was delineated. Detailed soils, vegetation, and hydrology data for the delineated wetlands are provided in the data sheets of Appendix A. ' Basin 1 Upon completion of the wetland delineation it has been determined that Basin 1 is a Type 3, palustrine(P)type wetland exhibiting emergent vegetation(EM)and a seasonally flooded/saturated hydrologic regime(E)being partially drained or ditched(d),or a PEMEd wetland,located within the northern portion of the property(See Figure 5). I Vegetation at the wetland sample point was dominated by reed canary grass(Phalaris arundinacea, FACW+). Non-dominant plant species at the wetland sample point included box elder (Acer negundo, FACW-). The upland sample point was dominated by ground-ivy(Glechoma hederacea, ' FACU), common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica, FACU), box elder, and white spruce (Picea glauca,FACU). Non-dominant plant species at the upland sample point included silver maple(Acer saccharinum, FACW)and long-stalk sedge(Carex pedunculata, UPL). The majority of Basin 1 is