Album of Pe Ell (west) Field Trip

Selected photos by Laurel Ramseyer and Rod Crawford from our 3 June 2023 spider collecting trip to sites along the Willapa Hills Trail, southwest of Pe Ell, Lewis County, Washington. After visiting a cemetery at the SW edge of town, we parked near the trail and hiked east to a grassy site by the Chehalis River and west to a forest site by Rock Creek. See first image below: Pe Ell town in upper right, dashed red line marks trail, round red dots our 3 main sites. Several very productive habitats combined to get us a fine 46-species spider sample.
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2021 aerial photo showing Willapa Hills Trail SW of Pe Ell, Lewis County, Washington Forest Lawn-St. Joseph Cemetery, Pe Ell, Lewis County, Washington
Pe Ell and countryside to SW: trail and our sites in red
(Lewis County, 2021)		 St. Joseph section of Forest Lawn Cemetery                  © Rod Crawford
hanging Douglas-fir foliage, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Pe Ell, Washington Rod Crawford beating foliage, Forest Lawn-St. Joseph Cemetery, Pe Ell, Washington
Hanging Douglas-fir foliage           © Rod Crawford Rod beating the hanging conifers                    © Laurel Ramseyer
Roadside section of Willapa Hills Trail SW of Pe Ell, Lewis County, Washington Rod Crawford approaching Chehalis River bridge on Willapa Hills Trail SW of Pe Ell, Lewis County, Washington
We entered trail where it skirts Highway 6   © Rod Crawford After a vigorous walk, Rod approaches the river bridge      © Laurel Ramseyer
Chehalis River bridge, Willapa Hills Trail SW of Pe Ell, Lewis County, Washington big gravel bar in Chehalis river below bridge, Willapa Hills Trail SW of Pe Ell, Lewis County, Washington
The high Chehalis River bridge        © Rod Crawford The great gravel bar below that we were never to tread        © Rod Crawford
trailside grass, Willapa Hills Trail SW of Pe Ell, Lewis County, Washington grassy habitat along Willapa Hills Trail SW of Pe Ell, Lewis County, Washington
Trailside grass         © Rod Crawford Grassy habitat along the trail                      © Rod Crawford
female Theridion bimaculatum swept from grass, Willapa Hills Trail SW of Pe Ell, Lewis County, Washington Scots broom Cytisus scoparius beside Willapa Hills Trail SW of Pe Ell, Lewis County, Washington
Theridion bimaculatum swept from grass   © Rod Crawford Trailside Scots broom was also productive          © Rod Crawford
manroot vine Marah oregana, Willapa Hills Trail SW of Pe Ell, Lewis County, Washington male Erigone aletris from broom, Willapa Hills Trail SW of Pe Ell, Lewis County, Washington
Manroot vine               © Laurel Ramseyer Male Erigone aletris from broom              © Rod Crawford
daisy with Phalangium opilio, Willapa Hills Trail SW of Pe Ell, Lewis County, Washington trailside Heracleum, Willapa Hills Trail SW of Pe Ell, Lewis County, Washington
Phalangium opilio on a daisy          © Laurel Ramseyer Trailside Heracleum stand                      © Laurel Ramseyer
gnaphosid Poecilochroa montana on bridge, Willapa Hills Trail SW of Pe Ell, Lewis County, Washington atypical crab spider Philodromus spectabilis from bridge, Willapa Hills Trail SW of Pe Ell, Lewis County, Washington
Poecilochroa montana on bridge        © Laurel Ramseyer Atypical Philodromus from bridge                  © Laurel Ramseyer
retaining wall beside Willapa Hills Trail SW of Pe Ell, Lewis County, Washington trail continues through forest, Willapa Hills Trail SW of Pe Ell, Lewis County, Washington
Retaining wall yielded a few spiders    © Laurel Ramseyer The trail continues through riparian forest                   © Laurel Ramseyer
fern-draped rock cut along Willapa Hills Trail SW of Pe Ell, Lewis County, Washington tree-grown rock cut along Willapa Hills Trail SW of Pe Ell, Lewis County, Washington
Old railroad cut now fern-draped         © Laurel Ramseyer Maple trees atop the old railroad cut                  © Laurel Ramseyer
pond beside Willapa Hills Trail SW of Pe Ell, Lewis County, Washington pond beside Willapa Hills Trail SW of Pe Ell, Lewis County, Washington
First glimpse of trailside pond            © Rod Crawford Riparian habitats along the pond               © Laurel Ramseyer
mossy maple trees, Willapa Hills Trail SW of Pe Ell, Lewis County, Washington maple crotch with perched leaf litter, Willapa Hills Trail SW of Pe Ell, Lewis County, Washington
Mossy maples beside trail              © Rod Crawford Maple crotch with perched leaf litter                © Rod Crawford
mossy maple trunk, Willapa Hills Trail SW of Pe Ell, Lewis County, Washington grass understory of maple forest, Willapa Hills Trail SW of Pe Ell, Lewis County, Washington
Moss-coated maple trunk           © Rod Crawford Laurel swept grassy component of understory                © Rod Crawford
bigleaf maple canopy, Willapa Hills Trail SW of Pe Ell, Lewis County, Washington spider-rich fern understory, Willapa Hills Trail SW of Pe Ell, Lewis County, Washington

Bigleaf maple canopy             © Rod Crawford Spider-rich sword fern understory                   © Rod Crawford
male crab spider Ozyptila pacifica from moss, Willapa Hills Trail SW of Pe Ell, Lewis County, Washington Rod Crawford labeling fern beat sample, Willapa Hills Trail SW of Pe Ell, Lewis County, Washington
Ozyptila pacifica sifted from moss     © Laurel Ramseyer Rod labeling last fern beat sample                        © Laurel Ramseyer
butterfly Polygonia faunus on Willapa Hills Trail SW of Pe Ell, Lewis County, Washington evening cloud formation near Willapa Hills Trail SW of Pe Ell, Lewis County, Washington
Polygonia faunus            © Laurel Ramseyer Evening cloud formation                        © Rod Crawford

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