Album of Napavine Prairie (Evaline) Field Trip

Selected photos from the spider collecting field trip to a prairie-like site at Evaline, Lewis County, Washington, on 18 November 2008, with Laurel Ramseyer and Rod Crawford. Photos by both, as credited. This is one of the potential collecting sites I spotted from an Amtrak train during my trip to Longview the previous month. On public railroad right-of-way land, it might be a remnant of Napavine Prairie which once existed in this area – or an old orchard now succeeding back toward natural prairie vegetation. In any case, there were lots of spiders, including some uncommon species, but nothing new was taken this trip.
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aerial view of spider habitat, Evaline, Lewis County, Washington remnant grassland and passing train, Evaline, Lewis County, Washington
Our site lies between the railroad (left) and a farm road (right)       Photo: WA-DNR, 2003 Thank you, railroad, for letting this nice site go natural     © Rod Crawford
scots broom Cystius scoparius in remnant grassland, Evaline, Lewis County, Washington snowberry-dominated shrub meadow, Evaline, Lewis County, Washington
Scots broom, though present, wasn't dominant
© Laurel Ramseyer		 Shrub-dominated part of the meadow     © Laurel Ramseyer
Douglas-fir tree Pseudotsuga menziesii, Evaline, Lewis County, Washington Douglas- fir foliage Pseudotsuga menziesii, Evaline, Lewis County, Washington
Douglas-fir tree   © Rod Crawford Douglas-fir foliage habitat     © Laurel Ramseyer
Feral apple tree with fruit, Evaline, Lewis County, Washington Feral apple tree with fruit, Evaline, Lewis County, Washington
Lunch ripe for the picking     © Rod Crawford Feral (or once-planted?) apple trees had lots of fruit    © Rod Crawford
Fall bracken Pteridium aqulinum, Evaline, Lewis County, Washington trail through grassy meadow, Evaline, Lewis County, Washington
Browned bracken    © Rod Crawford Local farm cat uses this trail for hunting     © Rod Crawford
apple leaf litter, Evaline, Lewis County, Washington apple trees with Douglas-fir, Evaline, Lewis County, Washington
Apple leaf litter with fallen fruit    © Rod Crawford Copse of apple trees with fir centerpiece     © Rod Crawford
Laurel Ramseyer in bracken meadow, Evaline, Lewis County, Washington Apple trees with Garry oak, Evaline, Lewis County, Washington
Laurel poses with the bracken   © Rod Crawford This apple copse had Garry oak centerpiece     © Rod Crawford
fence lizard Sceloporus occidentalis, Evaline, Lewis County, Washington lichen on apple tree, Evaline, Lewis County, Washington
Fence lizard in suitable habitat   © Laurel Ramseyer Old apple trees grow lots of lichen      © Rod Crawford
grassy meadow, Evaline, Lewis County, Washington grass roots and litter, Evaline, Lewis County, Washington
Wide grassy part of meadow   © Rod Crawford Grass bases with litter         © Rod Crawford
bigleaf maple tree Acer macrophyllum, Evaline, Lewis County, Washington bigleaf maple litter Acer macrophyllum, Evaline, Lewis County, Washington
Bigleaf maple tree    © Rod Crawford Look at all that great maple litter!     © Rod Crawford
railroad overpass or trestle, Evaline, Lewis County, Washington Laurel Ramseyer's car at 100,054 miles, trip to Evaline, Lewis County, Washington
Train overpass housed house spiders   © Laurel Ramseyer Laurel's faithful car passed the 100K mark     © Laurel Ramseyer

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