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VEGETATION MANAGEMEIVTT PLA1V' - <br /> ERADICATION AND CONTR�L <br /> PUR,POSE <br /> Pursuant to Orono Municipal Code, Chapter 78, �rticle XII, Section 78-1632, "The Consen�atioa <br /> DesiBn Master Planning roquirements of this article apply to all proposed residential subdivisions or <br /> multi-unit residtntial developments greater than five acres in total area or guided for urban density <br /> (greater than one unit per two acres}". The Vegetation Management Ptan has been crcated as one of <br /> the conservation strategies used within the Conservatinn Design Master Plan to improve the sites' <br /> ecological asscts. The developer is responsible for initiating the vegetation inanagemcut plan <br /> immediatel}� after d�eveloptnent plans have been establishcd. Z'egetatiou mauagement will initially <br /> begin within the area af construction and then be applied concurrently with the construcrion to the <br /> remainder of the arca. The vegetation management a7I1 continue annuail�- until the invasive <br /> ��egetation is eradicaied. See the Schedule of Activities sections below for a description of the <br /> timeiine involved with the vegetat�on managcment activities. <br /> The in�•asi�•e species locate+d on this site include common buckthorn (Rham�3us catharnca}, reed, <br /> canar5• grass (Phalaris arundinacea), garlic mustard (Lyrhrum salicar�a) and creeping clzarIie <br /> (Glechoma hederacea). Some isolated individuals and patches of Canada thisde also occur These <br /> species are considered invasive tencstrial plants by the Minnesota Depardnent �f\'atural Resources <br /> or noxious weeds hy �u Minnesota departmen# of Agricultute and should to be managed <br /> accordingly. <br /> Thc vegetation inanagement plan is to focus on controlling invasive species within the buffer areas <br /> anl}�. Other areas of iuvasi�•e and noxious species control r��ill rest�;-ith t�e ii�dividual homeov��ners. <br /> The fo11oK-ing vcgctation �nanagemcnt plau describes ef�ccti�-e mediods to remove the different <br /> incasi�•e plant species aloug v�•ith the re-establishment of nati�-e �-egetation within tha«�ctland buffer <br /> areas. In additian, Svoboda Ecologicai Rasources recommends that certaii� higlily aggressi�•e <br /> invasive plaat spxies locatcd within the wetlands and upland also be conirolled while t�ey are still in <br /> a manageable state. <br /> �Tgons <br /> Management strategies will include the control of existing noa-nativo and invasive vegetation, the <br /> cncouragement of nabive species, and future monitoring of t�e site tn discover any newiy established <br /> invasive plants. Native species that anc dominant fall into the Southem Mesic Maple-Basswood <br /> Forest classification according to the Mmnesota D?v'R Ecological Classification System (Dunevitz <br /> and Lane,2004). Common buekthorn(see belov�)occurs at this site as isolated individuals and small, <br /> manageable groups at this time {Exh;'bit E). We b,ave provided control rocominendations far <br /> buckthorn as weli as four other invasive species observed in the bu£fer areas, wetlands and open, <br /> SrasSY areas. <br /> Svoboda Ecalogical Resources 6 200&350 Stubbs$ey Rd <br /> Project\umber:2014-037 Orouo,MN <br />