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question regarding plant species or variety shall be referred to the landscape designer, wetland biologist, or City staff. All plant materials shall be true to species and variety and legibly tagged. Quality and condition Plants shall be normal in pattern of growth, healthy, well-branched, vigorous, with well- developed root systems, and free of pests and diseases. Damaged, diseased, pest-infested, scraped, bruised, dried out, burned, broken, or defective plants will be rejected. Plants with pruning wounds over 1" in diameter will be rejected. Roots All plants shall be balled and burlapped or containerized, unless explicitly authorized by the landscape designer and/or wetland biologist. Rootbound plants or B&B plants with damaged, cracked, or loose rootballs (major damage) will be rejected. Immediately before installation, plants with minor root damage (some broken and / or twisted roots) must be root-pruned. Matted or circling roots of containerized plantings must be pruned or straightened and the sides of the root ball must be roughened from top to bottom to a depth of approximately half an inch in two to four places. Bare root plantings of woody material are allowed only with permission from the landscape designer,wetland biologist and/or City staff. Sizes Plant sizes shall be the size indicated in the plant schedule in approved plans. Larger stock may be acceptable provided that it has not been cut back to the size specified, and that the root ball is proportionate to the size of the plant. Smaller stock may be acceptable, and preferable under some circumstances, based on site-specific conditions. Measurements, caliper, branching, and balling and burlapping shall conform to the American Standard of Nursery Stock by the American Association of Nurserymen (latest edition). Form Evergreen trees shall have single trunks and symmetrical, well-developed form. Deciduous trees shall be single trunked unless specified as multi-stem in the plant schedule. Shrubs shall have multiple stems and be well-branched. Timing of Planting Unless otherwise approved by City staff, all planting shall occur between November 1 and March 1. Overall, the earlier plants go into the ground during the dormant period, the more time they have to adapt to the site and extend their root systems before the water demands of spring and summer. Weeding Existing and exotic vegetation in the mitigation areas will be hand weeded from around all newly installed plants at the time of installation and on a routine basis throughout the monitoring period. No chemical control of vegetation on any portion of the site is allowed without the written permission of City staff. Site conditions The contractor shall immediately notify the landscape designer and/or wetland biologist of drainage or soil conditions likely to be detrimental to the growth or survival of plants. Planting Mundorf-8th St 17 Critical Area Study & WRI#16233 Mitigation Plan March 2 0/6