Album of Lone Tree Mountain Field Trip

Selected photos from the spider collecting field trip to Lone Tree Mountain, Lewis County, Washington on 10 February 2006. Photos by Mary Yoder-Williams and Rod Crawford.
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aerial photo of Siler Creek spider site showing mature forest, US Geological Survey 1993 Forest floor in mature western hemlock forest near Siler Creek, Lewis County, Washington
Our forest site in a 1993 aerial photo (USGS) Forest floor with logs                  © Mary Yoder-Williams
Western hemlock Tsuga heterophylla forest, Siler Creek, Lewis County, Washington Western hemlock Tsuga heterophylla forest, Siler Creek, Lewis County, Washington
Understory of closed canopy forest    © M. Y.-W. Denser forest at roadside             © Mary Yoder-Williams
Western hemlock Tsuga heterophylla trunk, Siler Creek, Lewis County, Washington Oregon grape, Berberis, Siler Creek, Lewis County, Washington
Big hemlock trunk       © Mary Yoder-Williams Oregon grape in understory             © Rod Crawford
fern, Polystichum munitum, Siler Creek, Lewis County, Washington Western hemlock Tsuga heterophylla forest, Siler Creek, Lewis County, Washington
Fern in understory      © Mary Yoder-Williams Sunny winter afternoon in hemlock forest      © Rod Crawford
forest floor moss in Western hemlock forest, Siler Creek, Lewis County, Washington spider collecting in Western hemlock Tsuga heterophylla forest, Siler Creek, Lewis County, Washington
Moss-covered forest floor   © Rod Crawford Set-up for sifting moss             © Rod Crawford
Rod Crawford collecting spiders at Siler Creek, Lewis County, Washington log in Western hemlock Tsuga heterophylla forest, Siler Creek, Lewis County, Washington
Rod gathering moss to sift   © Mary Yoder-Williams Well-rotted log in the deep forest             © Rod Crawford
Mary Yoder-Williams on spider collecting trip at Siler Creek, Lewis County, Washington moss Hylocomium splendens at Siler Creek, Lewis County, Washington
Mary in the deep forest   © Rod Crawford Hylocomium moss on log           © Mary Yoder-Williams
log in Western hemlock Tsuga heterophylla forest, Siler Creek, Lewis County, Washington log in Western hemlock Tsuga heterophylla forest, Siler Creek, Lewis County, Washington
Mossy, spider-bearing log   © Mary Yoder-Williams Moss lifted off to find spiders     © Mary Yoder-Williams
burrow of Antrodiaetus sp.; moss Hylocomium splendens at Siler Creek, Lewis County, Washington Western hemlock Tsuga heterophylla forest, Siler Creek, Lewis County, Washington
Antrodiaetus burrow under moss     © M. Y.-W. Forest Road 55 at dusk                   © Rod Crawford
Foliage of western hemlock, Tsuga heterophylla, Siler Creek, Lewis County, Washington Huff and Puff restaurant, Randle, Lewis County, Washington
Western hemlock foliage    © Mary Yoder-Williams The Huff and Puff, traditional collectors' hangout     © Rod Crawford

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