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CuUum Site <br />Ororto, Minnesota <br />Wctbnd DelincaHoo Report <br />m <br />Cl <br />3 <br />L INTRODUCTION <br />The Culhim Site was examined oa December 14,2001. and on June 6,2002 for the prcsoice aad <br />extent of wetland. The site was tocaied in the N of the N'E'/. of Section 36, Township 118 <br />North, Range 23 West, City of Orono, Hennepin County, Minnesota. The she, identified as <br />Tract B, Registered Land Survey No. 1031, Hennepin County, wu located west of Femdale <br />Ro^whh unnamed property boundaries. Adjacent land uses included large-lot residential in all <br />directions (Flgera 1). <br />The site ,;onsisted of a single-fomOy home with surrounding landscaped yard, woods, and a <br />wetland. The woods, located akng in the northwestern and southwestern comers of the <br />property, were dominated by green ash, American elm, trembling aspen, raspberry, and common <br />buckthorn, with some red pine, white spruce, red cedar, black cherry, and prickly ash. <br />9 <br />3 <br />3 <br />3 <br />1 <br />'1 <br />3 <br />n. METHODS <br />Wetlands were identified using standard dclinearioa methodology described m the Corps of <br />£ngfneers Wetlands Delineation Manual (Waterways Experiment Station, 1987) as required bv <br />Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and the Minnesota Wetland Coaserv*atioa Act. <br />Wetimd boundaries were identified as the upper-most extent of wetlands, which met criteria for <br />hydric soi^ h)^phytic vegetation, and wetlaixl hydrology. Wetlaod-upbad boundaries were <br />marked with pin flap and subsequently located by Otto Associates by using standard land <br />survey methods. Kjolhaug Environmental Services Cornpvry revwwed surveyed wetland <br />boundaries for accuracy. <br />Soils, vegetation, and hydrology were documented at representative locations along the wetland- <br />upland boundary. Plmi qpecies dominance was estimat^ based on the percent aerial or Kami <br />co^^ge visually estimated within a 30-foot radius for the tree and shrub layers and a 5-foot <br />radius for the herbaceous layer within the community type being sampled. <br />Soils were chaiKterized to a minimum depth of 18-20 inches utilizing Muasell Soil Color Chans <br />and standard soil texturing methodology. <br />Plants were identified using standard regfonal plan! keyi Taxonomy was based on the Mamal <br />of Vascular Plants of f^ortheastem United States andAd/acent Canada, Ed 2 (Nfw York