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Tree Survey for 1003 Wildhurst Trail <br />March 22, 2023 <br />On March 22, 2023 a tree survey was conducted at 1003 Wildhurst Trail in Orono, <br />Minnesota for property owner Matt Johnson. This survey concerns the ten -acre parcel of land <br />west of the single-family residence. A previous land survey described the property boundaries <br />and also subdivided the ten acres into two approximately equal sized lots — lot 1 to the north and <br />lot 2 to the south. Aerial imagery from 1963 shows only forested area in the southwest corner <br />and along the southern border of what is now lot 2. Lot 1 is almost entirely absent of trees on that <br />same photograph. <br />The purpose of this tree survey was to take inventory of the species present and to <br />evaluate the relative abundance across all species. All trees measured had to be over 6" in <br />diameter at breast height to be recorded as data. The survey method used was line -transect <br />sampling. Transect lines ran east to west across lots 1 and 2. Both lots had three transect lines, <br />each spanning the 200m width of the lots. Every line was directed using a mirror -sighted <br />compass, and every tree that fell within arm's reach from walking the line was recorded. <br />Lot 1's most canopy -dominant and most relatively abundance species was Fraxinus <br />pennsylvanica at a relative abundance of 45.5%. Many of the F. pennsylvanica individuals <br />throughout lots 1 and 2 showed signs of EAB invasion. In the wetland -delineated area of lot 1, <br />there was much new growth of Rhamnus cathartica which raises management concerns. There <br />was also regeneration of Betula nigra in the wetland area as well as Acer saccharum regeneration <br />on the upland slope of lot 1. Lot 1 appears to have completely forested over since 1963. <br />