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r 1 I 3 I I I I 1 I I I f I I ♦ 1 li Soils inside the delineated wetland boundary were colored as black (lOYR 2/1) loam throughout the A1 horizon to a depth of six inches. An A2 horizon was found below the A1 horizon. This horizon was a very dark grey (lOYR 3/1) clay, loam that extended to a depth of at least 12 inches. The upland soils displayed the same epipedon as the wetland soils, an A1 horizon overlying an A2 horizon. The A1 horizon was black (lOYR 2/1) clay loam that extended to a depth of eight inches. At eight inches the color changed to very dark brown (lOYR 2/2) and the texture became clay. Hydrology Basin 2 The soils were saturated within the top two inches of the soil profile. Below this, the soil was not saturated. There was also a considerable amount of surface flow through the area to an off property swale. Wetland basin 2 is an intermittent riverine system that flows from east to west in lot 90. It is classified as a R4UB3 (Riverine Intermittent Unconsolidated Bottom-mud) as defined in Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats of the United States (FWS Publication 79/31; Cowardin et al) and Wetlands of the United States (USFWS Circular 39; Shaw and Fredine 1971). Vegetation There was no vegetation in the stream channel. Observed vegetation along the delineated boundary included common buckthorn Rhammis cathartica, a facultative upland plant; zig-zag goldenrod Solidago Jlexicaulis, a facultative upland plant; wild black currant Ribes americaniim, a facultative wetland plant; and hog peanut Amphicarpaea bracteata, a facultative neutral plant. Upland vegetation consisted of bur oak Quercus macrocarpa, a facultative minus plant; basswood Tilia americana, a facultative upland plant; sugar maple Acer saccharum, a facultative upland plant, and common buckthorn. SCHOEUL. Gi MADSON, INC. MINNETONKA, MINNESOTA ]l