Album of Ford Prairie Field Trip
Part II, Woodland

Selected photos from the spider collecting field trip to a Garry Oak grove, a wooded gravel pit, and the Chehalis River south of Ford Prairie, west of Oakville, Washington on 20 June 2007 with Laurel Ramseyer and Rod Crawford. Photos by both, as credited. Adjacent to a natural prairie remnant discovered earlier this year by Scarab Pyle, the oak grove across the road was in far from pristine condition, but could be restored. A gravel pit about 1 km south had a very different, oak-free forest developed below the general land level, and different habitats again were found on the bank of the Chehalis River, in whose valley these places are located. Photos from the wooded sites are on this page; click here for part 1 documenting our collections in the natural grassland remnant.
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1990 aerial view of prairie remnant and oak grove, Ford Prairie, Grays Harbor County, Washington oak grove Quercus garryana across road from prairie remnant, Ford Prairie, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Oak grove along NE edge of road; prairie remnant just above field at bottom        (USGS, 1990) Oak grove across road from prairie       © Laurel Ramseyer
larva from oak foliage, Ford Prairie, Grays Harbor County, Washington Garry oak Quercus garryana, Ford Prairie, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Larva from oak foliage   © Laurel Ramseyer Garry Oak, Quercus garryana            © Rod Crawford
Garry oak Quercus garryana at edge of hay field, Ford Prairie, Grays Harbor County, Washington Garry oak Quercus garryana, Ford Prairie, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Rod in distance sifts oak litter at edge of hay field
© Laurel Ramseyer		 Canopy of oak grove              © Rod Crawford
Theridion varians cobweb weaver Theridiidae female from oak grove, Ford Prairie, Grays Harbor County, Washington moss on limb of Garry oak Quercus garryana, Ford Prairie, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Theridion varians with prey     © Laurel Ramseyer Mossy oak limb and trunk               © Rod Crawford
Erigone aletris female microspider Linyphiidae from oak grove, Ford Prairie, Grays Harbor County, Washington invasive English ivy Hedera helix in oak grove, Ford Prairie, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Erigone aletris female    © Laurel Ramseyer English Ivy in the oak grove         © Rod Crawford
pseudoscorpion Neobisiidae from oak litter, Ford Prairie, Grays Harbor County, Washington jumping spiders Neon reticulatus females from oak litter, Ford Prairie, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Pseudoscorpion from oak litter © Laurel Ramseyer Two female Neon reticulatus from oak litter       © Rod Crawford

Photos from wooded gravel pit about 1 km south of oak grove, same day.

1990 aerial view of wooded gravel pit, Ford Prairie, Grays Harbor County, Washington forest understory with invasive blackberry Rubus discolor, Ford Prairie, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Mini-forest has grown in old gravel pit within
triangle of roads     (USGS, 1990)		 Dense understory; note Himalayan blackberry      © Rod Crawford
wolf spider female Pardosa metlakatla Lycosidae with young from wooded gravel pit, Ford Prairie, Grays Harbor County, Washington gravel in wooded gravel pit, Ford Prairie, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Pardosa metlakatla mama; is that a frazzled look
in her eyes?        © Laurel Ramseyer		 Gravel at bottom of old gravel pit      © Rod Crawford

Photos from banks of the Chehalis River at South Bank Road bridge, SE of above sites.

bank of Chehalis River west of Oakville, Grays Harbor County, Washington Chehalis River west of Oakville, Grays Harbor County, Washington
River bank, wolf spider habitat     © Rod Crawford The beautiful blue Chehalis River       © Rod Crawford

CLICK HERE for Part 1 of this album (natural gravelly prairie)

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