Album of Hereford Meadow Field Trip

Selected photos from the spider collecting field trip to Hereford Meadow, a subalpine meadow near Quartz Mountain, Kittitas County, Washington on 26 July 2007 with Laurel Ramseyer and Rod Crawford. Photos by both, as credited. Intended to supplement our collection from Taneum Lake earlier in the day, this meadow (when we finally found the right access road) proved to be quite a nice site in its own right, bringing our species for the day to over 30, very good indeed for late July.
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aerial photo, Hereford Meadow, Kittitas County, Washington, 1998 Hereford Meadow, Kittitas County, Washington
Hereford Meadow from the air (USGS, 1998) A high quality mountain meadow         © Rod Crawford
mining claim notice, Hereford Meadow, Kittitas County, Washington Hereford Meadow, Kittitas County, Washington
Fortunately the claim didn't prohibit taking spiders
© Laurel Ramseyer		 Looking eastward down the meadow    © Laurel Ramseyer
foliage of Englemann spruce Picea engelmanni, Hereford Meadow, Kittitas County, Washington South Fork Manashtash Creek in Hereford Meadow, Kittitas County, Washington
Engelmann spruce foliage    © Rod Crawford South Fork Manastash Creek drains the meadow    © Rod Crawford
false hellebore Veratrum californicum, Hereford Meadow, Kittitas County, Washington edge of Hereford Meadow, Kittitas County, Washington
Veratrum californicum    © Laurel Ramseyer The meadow edge has many rich nooks     © Rod Crawford
Indian paintbrush, Castilleja sp., Hereford Meadow, Kittitas County, Washington wildflowers in Hereford Meadow, Kittitas County, Washington
Indian paintbrush, Castilleja sp.  © Laurel Ramseyer You like flowers? Have we got flowers for you!     © Laurel Ramseyer
wildflowers in Hereford Meadow, Kittitas County, Washington ruins of cabin roof, Hereford Meadow, Kittitas County, Washington
Still more meadow flowers       © Laurel Ramseyer Ruins of cabin sheltered interesting spiders      © Laurel Ramseyer
butterfly, bug and beetle in insect net, Hereford Meadow, Kittitas County, Washington sunset south of Thorp, Kittitas County, Washington
Strange netfellows: three insect orders check each other out    © Laurel Ramseyer Sunset in the Kittitas Valley             © Rod Crawford

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