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Community CP -W3 <br />Shallow Marsh /Shrub -carr /Shallow Open Water <br />Qualitative Rank: Medium <br />Area: 8.7 acres <br />This basin is connected to W2 and W4 through 12 -inch CMPs under the trail on the north side. <br />From the outlets along the east and west edge are open water ditch areas. The majority of the <br />wetland is reed canary grass with cattails, red osier dogwood, sandbar and other willows, and a <br />few wool grass and soft stem bulrush. <br />Purple loosestrife in this basin appears to be at a manageable level to be spot sprayed. Due to the <br />trails close proximity to the shallow marsh portion of these basin active landscaping with native <br />shallow marsh plant material could be pursued to enhance the plant community and aesthetics <br />along the trail. <br />Community <br />Activity <br />Priority <br />Estimated Cost <br />Comments <br />CP -W3 <br />Control purple <br />High <br />$800.00 <br />Spot spray to prevent spread. <br />loosestrife <br />CP -W3 <br />Shallow Marsh <br />High <br />$750.00 <br />Shallow marsh plantings along <br />Plantings <br />the trail to improve the aesthetics <br />and wildlife habitat values of the <br />basin <br />Community CP -W4 <br />Shallow Marsh/Wet Meadow /Deep Marsh <br />Qualitative Rank: Medium /Low <br />Area: 13.0 acres <br />The southern portion of this wetland is awell- defined ditch similar to W2. The northern portion <br />has several large open water areas. Reed canary grass dominates most of this basin. The open <br />water areas contain duckweed and cattails. Other vegetation in the basin includes arrowhead, <br />swamp milkweed, cattail, and sandbar willow. The wetland receives drainage from W2, W3, <br />W5, and also receives hydrology from Bennett Lake by culverts under Victoria Street. A 56 -inch <br />pipe under Co. Rd. C functions as the outlet to the north towards Lake Owasso. <br />City of Roseville 97 <br />Parks Natural Resource Management <br />