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Site Visit <br /> SER ecologists exarnined �e subject property for azeas meeting jurisdictional wetland criteria <br /> during the site visit. One area meeting the jurisdictional criteria of a wetland was flagged, and the <br /> boundary determined and delineated. The approximate wetland boundary is outlined in yellow <br /> (Figures 5 and 6}. <br /> Acciunzulated precipitation since 4/01/2014, as recorded at MSP and reported by the USDA <br /> Na�ional Agricultival Statistics Service in cooperation with the Minnesota Department of <br /> Agricu�ture reports that for the week ended October 19, 2Q 14, was 6.63" above normal. <br /> Fre�ipitation for the period 10/13/14 to 10/19/14 was repocted to be 0.53"below normal and for <br /> the preceding 4 weeks was 0.65"below normal. <br /> The construction of a driveway through a large wetland area divided one potential basin into twa. <br /> Therefore, this wetland investigation determined the presence of three wetland basins within the <br /> site boundary. Each basin is described below accarding ta the findings at each sample point. <br /> Basin 1 <br /> The majority of the first wetland basin on thia parcel is claasified as a PF01B, Type 1L, <br /> floodplain forest wetland located south of the driveway and stretching southeast through a <br /> shallow ra.vine. East of sample t�ansect 1-1 there is a portion of tbe wetland basin classified as <br /> pEMC, Type 2, fresh {wet) meadow. East of s�mple transect 1-2 there is a portion of the <br /> wetland basin classified as a PEMF, Type 3/4, shallow/deep marsh. <br /> The wetland vegetation was dominated by reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea FACV� in <br /> the herb stratum for sample points 1-1 WET. Sample point 1-2 WET was dominated by sandbar <br /> willow (Sadix interior OBL) in the shrub stratum with Canada goldenrod {Solidago Canadensis <br /> FACi� and Field horsetail (Equisetum arvense FAC) in the herb stratum. T'be transition to <br /> upland can be mazked by the change in vegetadon commimity. The further upslope the more <br /> upland species, such as Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis FAC), bucktharn {Rhamnus <br /> cathartica FAC), prickly ash (Zanthoxylum umericanum FACU), smooth brome (Bromus <br /> inermi,s FACU} and Canada goldenrod (Solidago Canadensis FACLI) become dominant as <br /> evidenced in upland sarnples 1-1 UP, and 1-2 UP. The upland forested a,reas exhibited a <br /> dominance of eastezn cottonwood (Populus deltoides FAC}, green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica <br /> FACW}and silver maple{Acer saccharinum FACV�. <br /> The soils at sample point 1-1 WET consisted of muck far 2 inches of depth where it changes to a <br /> clay with depletions until 15 inches of depth, then changed to a sandy clsy with concentrations. <br /> Sample point 1-1 WET had hydric indicator Al2 ('Thick Dark Surface) and F7 (Depleted Dark <br /> Surface). The web soil survey indicates the soil series as Hamel-Glencoe. The soils at sample <br /> point 1-2 WET consisted of clay for 24 inches of depth with depletions pzesent. Sample point 1-2 <br /> WET had hydric indicator F7 {Depleted Dark Surface). The web soil survey indicates the soil <br /> series as Hamel-Glencoe. <br /> The soils at sample point 1-1 UP consisted of clay for 22 inches of ciepth, then switching to <br /> sandy clay with a depleted matrix from 22-30 inches. The web soil survey indicates the soil <br /> series as Lester Ioam. The soils at sample point 1-2 UP consisted of clay for 24 inches of depth <br /> Svoboda Ec�logical Reso�es 300&350 Siubbs Bay Road <br /> Pmject Number:20t 4-037-03 3 p�� <br />