Spider Collector's Journal: Green Banks Park Album

Album of Green Banks Park Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 21 July 2019 spider collecting trip to Green Banks Park and vicinity, West Fork Hoquiam River, Grays Harbor County, Washington. The park (an Eagle Scout Project of Allan Burnett in 2013) is small, but contains rather varied habitats, and we supplemented this with 2 nearby sites (a bridge and a 2006 clearcut) for a total of 42 species, including seldom seen Cybaeus perditus and Neoscona arabesca.

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location photo of Green Bank Park, West Fork Hoquiam River, Grays Harbor County, Washington boat launch at Green Bank Park, West Fork Hoquiam River, Grays Harbor County, Washington

Red dot shows Green Banks Park (USDA, 2017) Boat launch, restored 2013, already overgrowing       © Rod Crawford

park sign, Green Bank Park, West Fork Hoquiam River, Grays Harbor County, Washington high tide in river, Green Bank Park, West Fork Hoquiam River, Grays Harbor County, Washington

Park entrance signs. Of course they still litter!   © Rod Crawford Tide's in! (River still tidal 8 stream-miles above bay)      © Rod Crawford

grassy field habitat, Green Bank Park, West Fork Hoquiam River, Grays Harbor County, Washington salal-dominated understory, Green Bank Park, West Fork Hoquiam River, Grays Harbor County, Washington

Nice riparian grassy fields     © Rod Crawford Area of salal-dominated understory        © Rod Crawford

red huckleberries Vaccinium parvifolium, Green Bank Park, West Fork Hoquiam River, Grays Harbor County, Washington Laurel Ramseyer in fern understory, Green Bank Park, West Fork Hoquiam River, Grays Harbor County, Washington

Tasty red huckleberries        © Rod Crawford Laurel in fern-dominated understory     © Rod Crawford

Sitka spruce cone Picea sitchensis, Green Bank Park, West Fork Hoquiam River, Grays Harbor County, Washington habitats across the river from Green Bank Park, West Fork Hoquiam River, Grays Harbor County, Washington

Sitka spruce cone     © Laurel Ramseyer All that habitat, if one could only cross the river!    © Laurel Ramseyer

swampy habitat north pf Green Bank Park, West Fork Hoquiam River, Grays Harbor County, Washington

Spruce trunk, straight and tall!       © Laurel Ramseyer Swampy stretch makes a barrier to the north       © Laurel Ramseyer

spruce bark texture, Green Bank Park, West Fork Hoquiam River, Grays Harbor County, Washington spruce bark & moss on sifting cloth, Green Bank Park, West Fork Hoquiam River, Grays Harbor County, Washington

Spruce bark texture        © Laurel Ramseyer Sifting spruce bark and moss             © Laurel Ramseyer
bridge on West Fork Hoquiam River, Grays Harbor County, Washington West Fork Hoquiam River at 101 Bridge, Grays Harbor County, Washington

Laurel collecting from bridge north of park © Rod Crawford River smaller at bridge; less tide         © Rod Crawford

Our other main site was in an area of working forest, about 2.6 miles west of the park


Collection transect in 2006 clearcut (USDA, 2017)	Rod walked up gated logging road © Laurel Ramseyer

Productive grassy verge © Laurel Ramseyer	Roadside flowers © Laurel Ramseyer

Western hemlock needles © Rod Crawford	Western hemlock spider habitat © Rod Crawford

Yellow bumble on Canada thistle © Laurel Ramseyer	Shade to sun: two ages of clearcut © Rod Crawford

Horrible cutleaf blackberry © Rod Crawford	Rod caught this nice Neoscona arabesca © Rod Crawford

Decorative garden plant escaped into understory © Rod Crawford	Sunset over urban Puget Sound © Rod Crawford

This page last updated 14 November, 2019


Red dot shows Green Banks Park (USDA, 2017)	Boat launch, restored 2013, already overgrowing © Rod Crawford

Park entrance signs. Of course they still litter! © Rod Crawford	Tide's in! (River still tidal 8 stream-miles above bay) © Rod Crawford

Nice riparian grassy fields © Rod Crawford	Area of salal-dominated understory © Rod Crawford

Tasty red huckleberries © Rod Crawford	Laurel in fern-dominated understory © Rod Crawford

Sitka spruce cone © Laurel Ramseyer	All that habitat, if one could only cross the river! © Laurel Ramseyer

Spruce trunk, straight and tall! © Laurel Ramseyer	Swampy stretch makes a barrier to the north © Laurel Ramseyer

Spruce bark texture © Laurel Ramseyer	Sifting spruce bark and moss © Laurel Ramseyer

Laurel collecting from bridge north of park © Rod Crawford	River smaller at bridge; less tide © Rod Crawford