Album of Dobbs Mountain Field Trip

Selected photos from the spider collecting field trip to a marshy meadow at the NW base of Dobbs Mountain, Pierce County, Washington on 11 May 2006. Photos by Cheryl Tseo and Rod Crawford.
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meadow next to Dobbs Mountain, Pierce County, Washington, 1993 aerial photo meadow next to Dobbs Mountain, Pierce County, Washington
Meadow site in a 1994 aerial photo (USGS) Looking north across the meadow              © Rod Crawford
Rod Crawford spider collecting, meadow next to Dobbs Mountain, Pierce County, Washington grass and ground surface, meadow next to Dobbs Mountain, Pierce County, Washington
Rod hunting wolf spiders       © Cheryl Tseo Meadow surface (wolf spider habitat)         © Rod Crawford
Cheryl Tseo collecting spiders, meadow next to Dobbs Mountain, Pierce County, Washington edge of meadow next to Dobbs Mountain, Pierce County, Washington
Cheryl's first sweep sample      © Rod Crawford South, shady side of meadow             © Rod Crawford
Rod Crawford collecting spiders from western hemlock Tsuga heterophylla, meadow next to Dobbs Mountain, Pierce County, Washington grass, edge of meadow next to Dobbs Mountain, Pierce County, Washington
Rod goes through hemlock beatings  © Cheryl Tseo Taller grass at shady edge of meadow      © Rod Crawford
trunk, Sitka spruce Picea sitchensis, meadow next to Dobbs Mountain, Pierce County, Washington foliage of Sitka spruce Picea sitchensis, meadow next to Dobbs Mountain, Pierce County, Washington
Sitka spruce trunk       © Cheryl Tseo Hanging Sitka spruce foliage             © Rod Crawford
Rod Crawford sifting leaf litter, meadow next to Dobbs Mountain, Pierce County, Washington edge of meadow next to Dobbs Mountain, Pierce County, Washington
Sifting leaf litter         © Cheryl Tseo Looking out from the forest             © Cheryl Tseo
lichen on stump, meadow next to Dobbs Mountain, Pierce County, Washington rotten log, meadow next to Dobbs Mountain, Pierce County, Washington
Lichen on stump   © Rod Crawford Well-rotted log             © Rod Crawford
nurse stump and Sitka spruce Picea sitchensis, meadow next to Dobbs Mountain, Pierce County, Washington Oxalis oregana in understory of spruce forest, meadow next to Dobbs Mountain, Pierce County, Washington
Spruce tree grows from nurse stump  © Cheryl Tseo Wood sorrel, Oxalis oregana, on forest floor        © Rod Crawford

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