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City of Lino Lakes - Woolan's Park <br />Wetland Delineation Report <br />Critical Connections Ecological Services, Inc. <br />December 10, 2009 <br />The NWI characterizes this wetland as a complex that includes a ditched palustrine <br />scrub -shrub and emergent wetland with a seasonally flooded water regime <br />(PSS1 /EMCd) and also a ditched palustrine forested wetland with a saturated water <br />regime. This wetland complex is not recognized as a DNR Protected Waters. The <br />closest DNR protected wetland is located just to the south and west from the City <br />parcel. <br />Area A <br />Area A is located in the southeastern part of the park with the single large wetland <br />complex located to the west and north of this area. This area is an upland Northern pin <br />oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) and Quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) dominated <br />woodland with a wetland fringe dominated by Reed canarygrass and Canada blue joint <br />grass. The general topography rises from the wetland edge up a few inches to where <br />the oaks become dominant. <br />Photo within wetland complex next to upland Area A to the right <br />The upland plant species documented at the transect for Area A include: Northern pin <br />oak, Black cherry (Prunus serotina), Paper birch (Betula papyrifera), Red maple (Acer <br />rubrum), Quaking aspen, Lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium), Cinnamon fern <br />(Osmunda cinnamonea), and Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense). The <br />Page 3 of 9 <br />• <br />