Album of Sand Ridge Trailhead Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 16 June 2015 spider collecting trip to the Sand Ridge Trailhead along the White Pass Highway. Laurel found at least two giant Ponderosa pines (with cones) in the grand fir/Douglas-fir dominated forest, so she was happy. A nearby decommissioned road was lined by at least 9 native conifer species. Temperatures were moderate, the day was very pleasant and we got a decent collection of 28-29 species. See Laurel's account here.
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2011 aerial photo, Sand Ridge Trailhead E of White Pass, Yakima County, Washington accessible conifer foliage, Sand Ridge Trailhead E of White Pass, Yakima County, Washington
X marks main trailhead site     (Yakima County, 2011) Accessible conifer foliage was abundant           © Rod Crawford
young pine foliage, Sand Ridge Trailhead E of White Pass, Yakima County, Washington grand fir foliage Abies grandis, Sand Ridge Trailhead E of White Pass, Yakima County, Washington
Young pine foliage along the old road        © Rod Crawford Grand fir foliage was dominant             © Rod Crawford
western hemlock foliage Tsuga heterophuylla, Sand Ridge Trailhead E of White Pass, Yakima County, Washington Engelmann spruce foliage, Picea engelmanni, Sand Ridge Trailhead E of White Pass, Yakima County, Washington
Western hemlock foliage          © Rod Crawford Engelmann spruce foliage          © Rod Crawford
western larch foliage Larix occidentalis, Sand Ridge Trailhead E of White Pass, Yakima County, Washington young larch tree Larix occidentalis, Sand Ridge Trailhead E of White Pass, Yakima County, Washington
Larch foliage            © Rod Crawford Young western larch tree             © Rod Crawford
red cedar trunk Thuja plicata, Sand Ridge Trailhead E of White Pass, Yakima County, Washington unidentified Theridion spider from conifer foliage, Sand Ridge Trailhead E of White Pass, Yakima County, Washington
Mature red cedar trunk         © Rod Crawford Unidentified Theridion from conifer foliage             © Rod Crawford
cobweb weaver spider Theridion lawrencei, Sand Ridge Trailhead E of White Pass, Yakima County, Washington picnic table set up for arachnology, Sand Ridge Trailhead E of White Pass, Yakima County, Washington
Theridion lawrencei     © Rod Crawford Where spider collecting is a real picnic          © Rod Crawford
outhouse building, Sand Ridge Trailhead E of White Pass, Yakima County, Washington Novalena funnel spider web in outhouse, Sand Ridge Trailhead E of White Pass, Yakima County, Washington
The trailhead outhouse          © Rod Crawford Novalena web in outhouse           © Rod Crawford
forest understory herbs, Sand Ridge Trailhead E of White Pass, Yakima County, Washington Sand Ridge Trailhead E of White Pass, Yakima County, Washington
Herbaceous understory           © Rod Crawford The actual trailhead, itself!        © Rod Crawford
looking up giant Ponderosa pine, Sand Ridge Trailhead E of White Pass, Yakima County, Washington base of giant Ponderosa pine, Sand Ridge Trailhead E of White Pass, Yakima County, Washington
Look, up in the sky!          © Laurel Ramseyer Huge mound of debris at base of giant pine             © Laurel Ramseyer
Camel cricket Pristoceuthophilus sp. from pine cone, Sand Ridge Trailhead E of White Pass, Yakima County, Washington pine cones on forest floor, Sand Ridge Trailhead E of White Pass, Yakima County, Washington
Camel cricket from a pine cone        © Laurel Ramseyer Plenty more cones where that came from            © Laurel Ramseyer
pimoid spider probably Pimoa curvata from pine cone, Sand Ridge Trailhead E of White Pass, Yakima County, Washington small grassy tract near parking lot, Sand Ridge Trailhead E of White Pass, Yakima County, Washington
Juvenile Pimoa (curvata?) from a cone  © Laurel Ramseyer Small grassy tracts produced few spiders           © Rod Crawford
juvenile Callobius sp., Amaurobiidae, in pine cone, Sand Ridge Trailhead E of White Pass, Yakima County, Washington penultimate Callobius severus, Amaurobiidae, under pine bark, Sand Ridge Trailhead E of White Pass, Yakima County, Washington
Numerous juvenile Callobius      © Laurel Ramseyer Near-adult Callobius severus under pine bark            © Laurel Ramseyer
twinflower Linnaea borealis, Sand Ridge Trailhead E of White Pass, Yakima County, Washington Lepthyphantes pollicaris from forest floor bark, Sand Ridge Trailhead E of White Pass, Yakima County, Washington
Twinflowers among the pine cones       © Laurel Ramseyer Unidentified Lepthyphantes from forest floor bark             © Rod Crawford
alder trees in wetland across highway from Sand Ridge Trailhead E of White Pass, Yakima County, Washington marsh across highway from Sand Ridge Trailhead E of White Pass, Yakima County, Washington
Alders at end of marsh       © Rod Crawford The little marsh across the highway            © Rod Crawford
sedge in marsh across highway from Sand Ridge Trailhead E of White Pass, Yakima County, Washington skunk cabbage in wetland across highway from Sand Ridge Trailhead E of White Pass, Yakima County, Washington
Sedge in the little marsh       © Rod Crawford Upper part of wetland, skunk-cabbage-dominated            © Rod Crawford
Pardosa mackenziana from decommissioned road across highway from Sand Ridge Trailhead E of White Pass, Yakima County, Washington decommissioned road across highway from Sand Ridge Trailhead E of White Pass, Yakima County, Washington
Pardosa mackenziana             © Rod Crawford Pardosa habitat, start of the decommissioned road         © Rod Crawford
Laurel Ramseyer, Sand Ridge Trailhead E of White Pass, Yakima County, Washington decommissioned road across highway from Sand Ridge Trailhead E of White Pass, Yakima County, Washington
Laurel in hair-bleaching sunlight     © Rod Crawford The old road became a bit narrow           © Rod Crawford
Mount Rainier from Enumclaw, 16 June 2015 Mount Rainer from White River, 16 June 2015
Mt. Rainier from Enumclaw       © Rod Crawford Mt. Rainier from White River viewpoint               © Rod Crawford
elk crossing sign on Greenwater Highway, near Mt. Rainier, Washington sunset from south Seattle, 16 June 2015
Artistic elk crossing signs fascinated Laurel  © Rod Crawford Sunset from south Seattle                  © Rod Crawford

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