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Woodland Investigation The entire woodland was investigated for depressional areas with hydrophytic vegetation, including the area identified as PFOIA wetland on the NWI map. No depressional areas with a dominant hydrophytic plant community or drowned out vegetation/no vegetation were observed. Woodland (which was formerly used as cattle pasture according to the landowner) was comprised of the following species: Woodland Species Observed Common Name Latin Name Ind Common Name Latin Name Ind Status Status Bur oak (trees, Quercus macrocarpa FACU Sweet cicely Osmorhiza FACU seedlings) claytonii Boxelder Acer negundo FACU Avens Geum canadense FAC American elm (trees, Ulmus amerzcana FACW Wood aster Symphyotrichum none saplings, seedlings) cordifolium Hackberry Celtis occidentalis FAC Prickley ash Zanthoxylum FACU (shrubs) americanum Honeysuckle Lonicera tatarica FACU Virginia creeper Parthenocissus FACU quinquefolia Gooseberry Ribes cynosbati FACU Violet Viola sororia FAC Raspberry Rubus idaeus FAC Wood sedge Carex blanda FAC White snakeroot Ageratina altissima FACU Pennsylvania sedge Viola sororia none Clearweed Pilea pumila FACW Stickseed Hackelia FACU vir iniana Creeping Charlie Glechoma hederacea FACU American plum Prunus americana UPL (seedling) Canada moonseed Menispermum FAC Stinging nettle Urtica dioica FAC canadense Motherwort Leonurus cardiaca none Due to the absence of depressional areas and the lack of dominant hydrophytic plant communities, no wetlands were delineated within the woodland area including that area identified as PFO 1 A wetland on the NWI map. Cropland Investigation -Aerial Review for Offsite Hydrology Determinations Method Areas in agricultural cropland that exhibited potential wetland signatures on aerial photography and with low or depressional topography were reviewed generally following methods described in Using Aerial Imagery to Assess Wetland Hydrology (Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) 2010) and Guidance for Submittal of Delineation Reports to the St. Paul District Corns of Engineers and Wetland Conservation Act Local Governmental Units in Minnesota, Version 2.0 (USAGE 2015). These methods use aerial photography and antecedent precipitation conditions to identify areas that have wetland hydrology signatures during periods of typical precipitation.