Editing Wayzata, Minnesota (section)

==Geography==
Wayzata is a [[suburb]] of [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]], {{convert|9|mi|km|0|abbr=off}} to its west on the northeast tip of [[Lake Minnetonka]].<ref>Willcox, Ken (2012). "City of Wayzata." City of Wayzata. Web. 09 July 2013.</ref> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has an area of {{convert|3.16|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|3.08|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.08|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=November 13, 2012}}</ref> The "land cover types" that compose the Wayzata area in descending order by square acreage are open water (36%); [[residential areas]], [[farmsteads]], and [[commercial area|commercial lands]] (35%); [[forest]] (13%); and [[farms]] (8%).<ref name=":0">"[http://hennepin.us/files/HennepinUS/Environmental%20Services/Natural%20Resources/Natural%20Resources%20Inventory/Wayzata%20MLCCS%20Report.pdf Wayzata Natural Resources Inventory and Minnesota Land Cover Classification System Mapping]." Hennepin County, MN (hennepin.us). Hennepin County. March 2006. Web. July 2013.</ref>

===Climate=== 
Wayzata's [[climate]] is [[Humid continental climate|humid continental]], with hot summers, cold winters, and moderate autumns and springs. Average summer temperatures range from 56 to 82 degrees [[Fahrenheit]]. Average winter temperatures range from 2 to 27 degrees Fahrenheit. The average annual [[rainfall]] is {{convert|30.4|in|cm}}. The average annual [[snowfall]] is {{convert|54.4|in|cm}}.<ref>"Maple Plain, Minnesota." Weatherbase. N.p., n.d. Web. July 9, 2013.</ref>

===Ecology===
[[File:City of Wayzata - Lake Minnetonka.jpg|thumb|right|[[Lake Minnetonka]]]]
Before it was settled by [[Euro-Americans]], the Wayzata area was largely "upland [[deciduous forest]], with small inclusions of wet [[prairie]], and [[lakes]]."<ref name=":0" /> Forest types typical in and around Wayzata have been "maple-basswood forest, oak forest, lowland hardwood forest, and floodplain forest. Non-native forest types within the city were predominantly disturbed second growth forest types made up of [[elm]], [[box elder]], [[ash tree|ash]], and [[Populus|cottonwood]], with occasional [[basswood]], [[maple]], and [[oak]]."<ref name=":0" /><ref>"Deciduous Forest – Biomes of Minnesota: Minnesota DNR." Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. n.d. Web. July 9, 2013.</ref> Some of the species of plants considered invasive in the Wayzata area are [[purple loosestrife]], [[cattail|narrow-leaf cattail]], [[common buckthorn]], [[leafy spurge]], [[tartarian honeysuckle]], [[garlic mustard]], [[reed canary grass]], [[Siberian elm]], and [[Amur maple]].<ref name=":0" /> Some rare native species have also been seen in Wayzata, including the [[Acadian flycatcher]], [[pugnose shiner]], and [[red-shouldered hawk]].<ref name=":0" />