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I i 1 1 j I i I i i % * Soils Soils were classified by the Hennepin County Soil Survey as Kilkenny loam 2% to 12% slopes(KkB&C) and Cordova silty clay loam (Co). The hydric soil component of Kilkenny loam is the Glencoe soil inclusion. The Cordova is considered hydric for the whole unit. Soils along the delineated boundary of basin 2 were classified as black (7.5 YR 2/1) clay within the A horizon tha» extended to a depth of 10 inches below the soil surface. From 10 inches to a depth of at least 12 inches, the soil was very dark grey (SYR 3/1) sandy loam. Within the delineated wetland boundary the soils were found to be muck. The upland soils consisted of a Yz inch Oa horizon. The A horizon was dark brown (7.5 YR 3/2) loam from inch to eight inches. The B horizon was brown (SYR 4/2) clay loam from eight inches to a depth of at least 12 inches. Hydrology Hydrology was observed in the basin as inundation ranging in depth from less than Vz inch to 3+ inches in some pools. Basin 3 Wetland basin 3 has the same origin as wetland basin 2 but flows in a north by northeast direction toward, but not directly into. Forest Lake. Only 31 square feet of his basin extends onto the property. It is classified as an R4UB2/3(Riverine Intermittent Unconsolidated Bottom-sand/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 observed within the stream bed. Observed vegetation along the wetland boundary consisted of common buckthorn Rhammis cathartica, a facultative upland plant; zig-zag goldenrod Solidago Jlexicaulis, a facultative upland plant; wild black currant Ribes americanumy a facultative wetland plant; SCHOELJ- G. IN/lADSON, INC. MINNETONKA, MINNESOTA