Album of Cinebar - Stowell Creek Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford from a 19 March 2024 spider collecting trip with Kathy Whaley to a forest tract on Stowell Creek, near Cinebar, a "wide spot in the road" in Lewis County, Washington. Most of our time was spent in a nice tract of timber land belonging to access-friendly Manke Timber Co.; an excursion to other sites nearby, late in the day, added very little. We inched our way home through traffic with a satisfactory 36-species sample.
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aerial photo of forest tract near Cinebar, Washington edge of forest at Manke Timber trail near Cinebar, Washington
Red dot marks site on upper Stowell Creek     (Lewis County, 2021) Edge of the forest by our parking spot                  © Rod Crawford
Kathy Whaley beating understory, Manke Timber trail near Cinebar, Washington spider Rhomphaea fictilium from understory, Manke Timber trail near Cinebar, Washington
Kathy beating understory            © Rod Crawford Kathy's best beat catch, Rhomphaea fictilium                 © Rod Crawford
juvenile Pimoa spider, Manke Timber trail near Cinebar, Washington old timber road makes a trail, Manke Timber trail near Cinebar, Washington
Juvenile Pimoa          © Rod Crawford Old timber road makes a pleasant trail                   © Rod Crawford
Stowell Creek crosses Manke Timber trail near Cinebar, Washington Stowell Creek winds through marsh, Manke Timber trail near Cinebar, Washington
Stowell Creek crosses under grassy road    © Rod Crawford Creek passes through a marshy area                © Rod Crawford
vine maple stems and litter, Manke Timber trail near Cinebar, Washington alder leaf litter, Manke Timber trail near Cinebar, Washington
Vine maple litter            © Rod Crawford Alder litter                      © Rod Crawford
Kathy Whaley examines a beat sample, Manke Timber trail near Cinebar, Washington sword fern understory, Manke Timber trail near Cinebar, Washington
Kathy examines a beat sample             © Rod Crawford Plenty more understory ferns to beat                      © Rod Crawford
alder trunk with moss and licorice fern, Manke Timber trail near Cinebar, Washington invasive cutleaf blackberry Rubus laciniatus, Manke Timber trail near Cinebar, Washington
Alder trunk with moss and licorice fern     © Rod Crawford O horror, horror, invasive cutleaf blackberry!              © Rod Crawford
siftable treetrunk moss, Manke Timber trail near Cinebar, Washington Kathy Whaley negotiates understory, Manke Timber trail near Cinebar, Washington
Good moss available for sifting        © Rod Crawford Kathy makes her way through the tangle                 © Rod Crawford
crab spider male Ozyptila pacifica sifted from moss, Manke Timber trail near Cinebar, Washington marsh grass and skunk cabbage, Manke Timber trail near Cinebar, Washington
Male Ozyptila pacifica from moss          © Rod Crawford Marsh grass tall enough to sweep                      © Rod Crawford
spring grass coming up, Manke Timber trail near Cinebar, Washington Stowell Creek meanders, Manke Timber trail near Cinebar, Washington
Spring grass coming up             © Rod Crawford Stowell Creek meanders                © Rod Crawford
crab spider Xysticus locuples, Manke Timber trail near Cinebar, Washington shrub marsh, Manke Timber trail near Cinebar, Washington
Xysticus locuples                © Rod Crawford Shrubby section of marsh                        © Rod Crawford
forked alder tree, Manke Timber trail near Cinebar, Washington late afternoon light on Stowell Creek, Manke Timber trail near Cinebar, Washington
Forked alder                  © Rod Crawford Late afternoon light brings out the colors                  © Rod Crawford

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