Album of Whitepine Trailhead Field Trip

On the mostly-sunny last day of June, Laurel and I went over Stevens Pass and stopped a few miles on the far side at the trailhead of Whitepine Creek Trail, where several nice habitats were available. Later, we collected at a small creek and a quarry in the vicinity. Laurel sampled her recently discovered pine cone habitat again with good results. We got 37 spider species in all, including several I didn't immediately recognize; also a few mosquito bites and raindrops. All photos by Laurel Ramseyer (Rod's old camera is now officially obsolete). See here for Laurel's recollections of the trip.
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1998 aerial photo of trailhead area, Whitepine Trail, Chelan County, Washington habitats around parking lot for Whitepine Trail, Chelan County, Washington
Trailhead, forest and "barrens"    (USGS, 1998) View north from the parking lot into sparse fir-pine forest
© Laurel Ramseyer
open "barrens" habitat near head of Whitepine Trail, Chelan County, Washington Cones probably from Pinus monticola, near head of Whitepine Trail, Chelan County, Washington
Open "barrens" habitat  © Laurel Ramseyer Laurel's discovery: pine cone spider habitat    © Laurel Ramseyer
Vaccinium understory in pine area, head of Whitepine Trail, Chelan County, Washington understory in pine area, head of Whitepine Trail, Chelan County, Washington
Low understory in pine area  © Laurel Ramseyer Higher understory in denser woods         © Laurel Ramseyer
Rod Crawford in parking lot for Whitepine Trail, Chelan County, Washington stream corosses Whitepine Trail, Chelan County, Washington
Rod dons his hat at trailhead      © Laurel Ramseyer Small brook crosses the Whitepine Trail        © Laurel Ramseyer
Arctostaphylos nevadensis, pinemat manzanita, near trailhead, Whitepine Trail, Chelan County, Washington huckleberries, Vaccinium sp., near head of Whitepine Trail, Chelan County, Washington
Arctostaphylos nevadensis        © Laurel Ramseyer Ripening huckleberries         © Laurel Ramseyer
anglewing butterfly Polygonia on Rod Crawford's hat, trailhead for Whitepine Trail, Chelan County, Washington Phidippus johnsonii female jumping spider Salticidae at borrow pit on Whitepine Road, Chelan County, Washington
Polygonia on Rod's hat       © Laurel Ramseyer Phidippus johnsonii female from borrow pit    © Laurel Ramseyer
Ceanothus velutinus shrub near trailhead of Whitepine Trail, Chelan County, Washington Habronattus sansoni male jumping spider Salticidae, borrow pit near Whitepine Road, Chelan County, Washington
Ceanothus velutinus    © Laurel Ramseyer Habronattus sansoni male from borrow pit    © Laurel Ramseyer
alder thicket by small stream on Whitepine Road, Chelan County, Washington leaf litter by small stream on Whitepine Road, Chelan County, Washilngton
Alder thicket by small creek   © Laurel Ramseyer Alder-cottonwood leaf litter          © Laurel Ramseyer
Rubus parviflorus thimbleberry near trailhead of Whitepine Trail, Chelan County, Washington borrow pit / gravel pit / quarry just off Whitepine Road, Chelan County, Washington
Bee visits Rubus parviflorus   © Laurel Ramseyer "Borrow pit" was likewise good spider habitat      © Laurel Ramseyer

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