Selected photos from the spider collecting and nature photography field trip to Johnson Ridge, Snohomish County, Washington on 11 August 2006 with Louise Wynn, Markku Savela, and Rod Crawford. Photos by Markku and Rod, as credited. For more on the Johnson Ridge Trail, a nice medium-difficulty, uncrowded route through great habitats, see this Forest Service page, this newspaper column, and this private hiker page.

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Rod setting a pitfall trap          © Markku Savela	Johnson Ridge Trailhead in alder thicket      © Rod Crawford
Alnus sinuata leaves & fruits    © Markku Savela	Trees along the way included noble fir       © Markku Savela
Water drop magnifies lupine axils © Markku Savela	The main trail was pleasant walking            © Rod Crawford
Dead-wood habitat at base of snag   © R. Crawford	Old growth western hemlock forest            © Rod Crawford
Pyralid moth, Scoparia sp.        © Markku Savela	We reached our meadow with cloud celing just above  © Rod Crawford
Heather - Vaccinium meadow   © Rod Crawford	Later, the clouds started to lift           © Rod Crawford
Psithyrus sp. on heather        © Markku Savela	Finally, some sunlight on the meadow       © Markku Savela
Pityohyphantes alticeps in rearing cage  © R.Crawford	Dew-drenched strawberry plants       © Markku Savela
Mossy glade in forest    © Rod Crawford	Vaccinium understory of mountain hemlock forest    © Rod Crawford
Mountain hemlock trees       © Markku Savela	Mountain hemlock foliage, Tsuga mertensiana      © Markku Savela
Louise Wynn, happy hiker     © Rod Crawford	Markku found a higher meadow with more flowers   © Markku Savela

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