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<br />Mr. Jim Hafner
<br />September 24.1997
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<br />parentheses and written out only the first time they are cited. Common names for vegetation identified
<br />in this report and on the attached data sheets correspond with the nomenclature used in the National list
<br />of Plant Species that Occur in Wetlands: North Central (Region 3) (USFWS, Reed, 1988).
<br />RESULTS
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<br />Wetland Descriptions
<br />The site contains 2 isolated wetlands that are regulated under Section 404 of the Federal Clean Water Act
<br />and the Minnesota Wetland Conservation Act of 1991, as amended. In addition, the larger wetland at the
<br />south end of the parcel is a designated DNR Protected Wetland and is subject to DNR regulation below
<br />the ordinary high water level (OHWL). The remainder of the site is deciduous woodland consisting of
<br />sugar maple, American basswood, scattered oaks, eastern cottonwood and a large number of common
<br />buckthorn shrubs.
<br />Basin A is a Type 7 wooded swamp PF05C (Palustrine forested, dead, seasonally flooded) wetland in
<br />the northwest comer of the property. The basin appears to have been isolated from past disturbance. I
<br />observed mounds of soil surrounding the basin, a pioneer plant community on recently disturbed soils
<br />located on the west side of the basin, and soil mapping that shows the entire northwest comer of the
<br />property as marsh.
<br />Dominant plant species observed in the wetland include purple loosestrife, spotted touch-me-not, reed
<br />canary grass, water plantain, and bittersweet nightshade as well as dead elm and ash trees. The northern,
<br />western, and southern boundaries of the basin are bordered by deciduous woodland consisting of species
<br />such as common buckthorn, thicket creeper, box elder, wild grapevine, garlic mustard, bedstraw, wood
<br />violet, white ash, poison ivy, enchanter ’s nightshade, and hog peanut. The western boundary is bordered
<br />by disturbed, open field of primarily pioneer, weedy plant species including sow thistle, curly dock,
<br />Canada thistle, horsetail, Canada goldenrod, aster, common mullein, yellow sweetclover, yellow wood
<br />sorrel, smooth brome, Kentucky bluegrass, common dandelion, quackgrass, common plantain, common
<br />ragweed, leafy spurge, giant goldenrod, red clover, and bull thistle.
<br />Soils and hydrology information above and below the wetland boundary were recorded for one
<br />representative transect in the northeast comer of the basin and can be found on the attached data form for
<br />Basin A. The delineated edge primarily follows an abrupt change in topography and a transition in plant
<br />communities as c’'scribed above.
<br />Basin B is a Type 3 shallow marsh PEMIF (Palustrine emergent, persistent, semipermanently flooded)
<br />wetland occupying most of the southern half of the property. Vegetation observed in the wetland
<br />includes purple loosestrife, narrow-leaved cattail, sedge, willow, spotted touch-me-not, clearweed, reed
<br />canary grass, American elder, red-osier dogwood, sensitive fern, green ash, green bulrush, giant
<br />goldenrod, boneset, broad-leaved cattail, water parsnip, and giant ragweed.
<br />A dirt trail partially bisects the center of the wetland and an additional dirt trail runs along a portion of
<br />the north edge. The slope up to County Highway 15 forms the southern boundary. The remainder of the
<br />wetland is bordered by deciduous woodland consisting of species including common buckthorn, thicket
<br />creeper, hog peanut, ash, wild grapevine, poison ivv, sugar maple, American elm, box elder, garlic
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