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Basin 21 Welland 21 is a Type 3 (Inland Shallow Fresh Marsh) wetland. Ii is classified as a PEMCd wetland (Paluslrine Emergent Seasonally Flooded drained). It is approximately 0.09 acres in size. Vegetation along the delineated wetland boundary consists of common buckthorn Rhamniis cathartica (facultative upland), reed canary grass Phalaris arimdinacea (facultative wedand) and sedge Carex spp, (facultative wetland). Vegetation inside tlie delineated boundary consists of cattail Typha latifoUa (obligate), reed canary grass Phalaris arundinacea (facultative wetland), sedge Carex spp. (facultative wetland) and green ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica (facultative wetland). Vegetation along the upland side of the delineated boundary consists of trembling aspen Populus tremuloides (facultative), common buckthorn and red oak Querciis rubra (facultative upland). Hennepin County Soil Survey classifies basin 20 soils as Glencoe silty clay loam. Wetland boundary soils were field identified as very dark gray (10 YR 3/1) sandy loam with dark brown (10 YR 3/3) mottles occurring at 10 inches. Soils inside the delineated boundary were identified as black (10 YR 2/1) silty loam with small, very dark grayish brown (10 YR 3/2) mottles. No hydrology was observe in wetland basin 21, Hydrology is assumed based on wetlaiid drainage patterns. The site lies within the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District boundaries in the Ciiv of Orono and Medina. Minnesota. Wetlands were delineated according to the 1987 Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manuel. According to the Wetland Conservation Act of 1996, wetlands on this site come under the jurisdiction of the Board of Water and Soil Resources. The responsibility for administering the provisions of iJiis legislation is up to the local unit of government (LGU). In this case, Minnehaha Creek \\'atershed District will oversee as LGU. We have reviewed the various SCHOELL Gk MadSON, INC. MINNETONKA, MINNESOTA