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<br />~ <br /> <br />Community: <br /> <br />Community Type: <br />Qualitative Rank: <br /> <br />Additional <br /> <br />36-3N <br /> <br />Cattail marsh - seasonally flooded <br /> <br />C - Moderate condition natural community <br /> <br />Field Check <br /> <br />Restoration Potential: <br />MCSS Site: Biodiversity <br /> <br />Viewed the site from a distance <br /> <br />Threatened I <br />Endangered <br /> <br />Community Description: <br />. Site viewed from a distance appears to have reed canary grass, fungi, and cattail as the <br />most common emergent vegetation. Duckweed is also apparent. <br /> <br />Restoration Comments: <br /> <br />NATURAL COMMUNITY DESCRIPTIONS <br />South City <br /> <br />Community: <br />Community Type: <br />Qualitative Rank: <br /> <br />Additional <br /> <br />1-1 S <br /> <br />Oak forest dry subtype <br />. C - Moderate condition natural community <br /> <br />Wetland(s) present <br /> <br />Field Check Visited the entire site <br /> <br />. Restoration Potential: Medium <br />MCSS Site: Biodiversity Threatened I <br />Endangered <br /> <br />Community Description: <br />This dry oak forest appears to be of somewhat recent origin and grazed in the past. <br />Some areas are moderate to very good quality, while others show obvious sighS of <br />heavy past grazing by hosting grazing increasers like stinging nettle. The canopy is <br />patchy to nearly continuous and is dominated by bur and pin oak. Although larger <br />canopy trees tend to have a semi- open-grown form, there is a relatively dense second <br />growth of younger trees dominated by pin and bur oak, with other species such as <br />elm, green ash, and hackberry also present. The shrub layer varies from somewhat <br />sparse to thick, with prickly ash and hazelnut most common. The ground layer <br />includes species characteristic for overgrown savannas/oak woodlands in many areas, <br />but also has areas where disturbance adapted grasses and forbs are present. Nonnative <br /> <br />City of Elk River, MN - Natural Resouce Inventory <br />Bonestroo Natural Resources, September 2004 <br />