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Vegetation Management Plan <br /> PURPOSE <br /> The invasive species located on ttus site include common buckthorn (Rhamnus <br /> cathartica), reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea), and garlic mustard (Alliaria <br /> petiolata). These species are considered invasive terrestrial pla.nts by the Minnesota <br /> Department of Nahual Resources and should to be managed accordingly. <br /> The vegetation management plan is to focus on controll�ing invasive species within the <br /> buffer areas and shoreline of Tanager Lake orily. Therefore, the following vegetation <br /> management plan describes effective methods to remove the different invasive plant <br /> species along with the re-establishment of native vegetation within the wetland buffer <br /> areas. In addition, SER recommends that these highly aggressive invasive plant species <br /> located within the wetlands and upland also be controlled as circumstances present <br /> themselves such as part of ar� overall site landscaping plan. Removal of the buckthorn <br /> masses may result in large areas of denudation so buckthom removal is not recommended <br /> on a large scale unless it is part of an overall project wide revegetation effort. <br /> Wetiand 5, present on the south end of the property,is not part of the platting process and <br /> not part of this Conservation design Report, but ws required to be i�t�cluded in the <br /> delineation at the request of Minnehaha Creek Watershed Dsitrict. <br /> Pursuant to OronQ Municipal Code, Chapter ?8, Article XII, Section 78-1632, "T'he <br /> Conservation Design 1Vlaster Planning requirements of this article apply to all proposed <br /> residential subdivisions or multi-unit residential developments greater than five acres in <br /> total area or guided for urban densiry (greater than one unit per two acres)". The <br /> Vegetation vlanagement Plan has been created as one of the conservation strategies used <br /> within the Conservation Design iVlaster Plan to improve the sites' ecological assets. The <br /> developer is xesponsible for initiating the vegetation management plan irnrnediately after <br /> development plans have been established. Selective vegetation management will initially <br /> begin within the area of construction and then be applied concurrently with the <br /> construction to the remainder of the area as appropriate. The vegetation management will <br /> continue annually until the invasive vegetation is eradicated. See the Schedule of <br /> Activities sections below for a description of the timeline involved with the vegetation <br /> management activities. <br /> METHODS <br /> The wetland buffer areas will require aggressive management to be preserved in a natural <br /> condition with predominantly naxive, non-invasive plant species. :Vlanagement will <br /> include the control of e�sting non-native and invasive vegetation, the encouragement of <br /> native species, and future monitoring of the site to discover any newly established <br /> invasive plants. l\ative species that are dominant fall into the Northern Wet Meadow/Carr <br /> ciassif cation according to the Minnesota D'.�1R Ecological Classification System <br /> (Dianevitz and Lane, 2004). Common buckthorn occurs in various isolated locatians on <br /> the site primarily along the shoreline of Tanager Lake. Reed canary grass occurs in <br /> Svoboda Ecological Resources 6 185-225 Old Crystal Bay Road <br /> Project No.:2015-013 Homestead Partners <br />