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Our site (in red) & surrounding terrain (Grays Harbor County, 2016) |
Gate into Green Diamond clearcut © Rod Crawford |
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Moss on substantial alder trunk © Rod Crawford |
Rich alder litter ©
Rod Crawford |
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Goodly bigleaf maple, not yet in leaf © Rod Crawford |
Roadside grass, another good habitat © Rod Crawford |
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Male Tapinocyba dietrichi, oddly swept from roadside © Rod Crawford |
Likewise other maples and alders not in leaf © Rod Crawford |
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Lepthyphantes tenuis from roadside © Rod Crawford |
Unusual color form of Theridion simile © Rod Crawford |
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White trillium © Rod Crawford |
Edge of clearcut, down the road from gate © Rod Crawford |
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Oxalis oregana in understory © Rod Crawford |
Herbaceous understory, mainly Dicentra and Oxalis © Rod Crawford |
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Sword fern hanging down a bank… © Rod Crawford |
…one of the most spider-rich understory types © Rod Crawford |
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Ribes shrub in full bloom © Rod Crawford |
Spider-rich Douglas-fir foliage © Rod Crawford |
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Broom foliage yielded some spiders © Rod Crawford |
And Pardosa vancouveri were active on roadside mud © Rod Crawford |
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Sun sets behind south Seattle © Rod Crawford |
Fading sunset silhouettes the Olympic Mountains © Rod Crawford |