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DATA FORM <br />ROUTINE ONSITE DETERMINATION METHOD <br />Soil Fit l-A <br />Field Investigator(s): Arlig Date: December 17, 1993 <br />Countv: HENNEPIN Plant Commtmity: Type 6 <br />Site Information: Glenn Gronberg,Plan Community a: this Point: Type 2 <br />WiUow Drive, ORONO, MN MNDN"R no N'Wl PFOlCd/PEMCd <br />« •• « « • • • <br />UllVirOrJllCuUll CUilUlUUiid ai Uifc piOAlL UiV ^----^ <br />Yes J?_ No _Railroad property (embaakraent for tracks) just north of the wstJand. Yard surrounding the wedand is <br />mowed grass right to edge of basin. May have been channeled in past, but not impaaed latety. Diverse vegetauca m main <br />bodv of wetland. Test pits near edge in shrubs.__________________----------------------------------------------------------- <br />DOMINANT VEGETATION <br />Common Name Species Name % Cover Indicator Status Siranim <br />1. Reed canary grass <br />2. Black willow <br />Phalaris arur.diriacea ! 70Ya FACW^ <br />Sali.x nigra <br />3. Red-oz:cr dogwood Comus stolonifera <br />20% <br /><10% <br />FACW <br />FACW <br />grass'herb <br />shrub <br />shrub <br />4 New England aster Aster novac-angliae <10$'o FACW forb/herb <br />5 Trembling aspen Populus tremula <10%FAC shrub <br />3. Horse tail fern Equisemm arvense <10%FAC fem/herb <br />7. <br />8 <br />9. <br />Percent of dominant species that are OBL, FACW, and'or FAC 100% <br />Is the hydrophytic vegetation criterion met? Yes X__ No __ <br />Rationale: More than 50% hydrophues <br />SOILS <br />Subgroup.* T\T)ic argiaouolls <br />Undeiemtined_______________ <br />Series/phase; Hamel loam on SCS mao <br />Is the soil on the hydric soils list? Yes _x_ No <br />Is the soil a Histosol? Yes _ No x Hisiic epipedon present ? Yes — <br />Is the soil: Mottled? Yes__ No x Colors;_________ Gleyed?Ycs <br />Matri.x Color; 2/1 on 10^11 ____ <br />Other soil characteristics; mucky, plant fibers <br />Is the hydric soil criterion met? Yes _x _ No <br />No .V <br />No X <br />Rationde- On list/ low chroma with org anic odor/supports wetland vegetation _________________.......a .. ....... <br />■ hydrology <br />Is the ground surface inundated? Yes__ No x Surface water depth: —pot found---------- <br />Is the soil saturated? Yes very wet No__ <br />Depth to free-standing water in pit/soil probe hole; none in pit but goopv/damp_ <br />List other field e\idence of surface inundation or soil saturation: definite depression________________ <br />Is the wetland hydrolog) criterion met? Yes X_ No__ <br />Rationale; ASSUMED-- Evidence that water has been at surface (maned grasses, curved trunks on snmbs) <br />JURISDICTIONAL DETERMINATION AND RATIONALE <br />Is the plant community a wetland? Yes _x _ No__ <br />Rationale for jurisdictional decision: on N\\T map and All parameters met <br />98082»»»_Cr<«i*«T» Orono