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1 f <br /> . ♦ '7 <br /> Memorandum �Bonestroo <br /> To: Evelyn Turner Project: 3768 North Shore Drive Date: 11/9/2007 2335 Highway 36 W <br /> St.Paul,MN 55113 <br /> From: Amy Carolan&John Client: City or Orono Tel 651-636�600 <br /> Smyth Fax 651�36-1311 <br /> Re: Wetland Buffer Ordinance Review Memo File No: 139-07000-1 www.twnestroo.com <br /> Remarks: <br /> Landscaping Plan: <br /> Per a request in a previous memo(dated 10-25-07), a landscaping/restoration plan for the <br /> wetland buffer area has been submitted and was reviewed on 11-9-07. The following <br /> recommendations have been made to ensure the submitted planting/landscaping plan meets <br /> the requirements of Orono's wetland buffer ordinance: <br /> The following species should be removed from the planting plan as they are not locally native to <br /> Hennepin County or the surrounding area: <br /> o Arctic willow <br /> o Hostas <br /> o Daylilies <br /> o Fountain grass <br /> The applicant may use these species in their landscaping plans outside of the 50'wetland <br /> buffer, but not within the buffer area. The following provides recommended plant species <br /> that could be used as substitutions within the wetland buffer: <br /> o As substitutions for the non-native shrub species Arctic Willow consider the following <br /> native plant species: Meadow willow(Salix gracilis), Bebb's willow(Salix bebbiana),or <br /> red-osier dogwood(Comus sericea). <br /> o As substitutions for the non-native grass species"Fountain Grass"consider the following <br /> native plant species: big bluestem(Andropogon gerardii), little bluestem(Schizachyrium <br /> scoparium), northem dropseed(Sporobolus heferolepsis),or Indiangrass(Sorghastrum <br /> nutans). <br /> o As substitutions for the non-native daylily species consider the following native plant <br /> species:smooth blue aster(Aster laevis), purple prairie clover(Dalea purpurea),golden <br /> alexander's(Zizea aurea),or black-eyed susan(Rudbeckia hirta). <br /> o As substitutions for the non-native Hostas consider the following native plant species: <br /> wild geranium(Geranium maculatum), blue lobelia(Lobelia siphilitica),or culver's root <br /> (Veronicastrum virginicum). <br />