Album of Swauk Prairie Field Trip

Taking a break from the Elwha River project, Laurel and I got out from under the drizzle in sunny eastern Washington. A swale among the farmland near the Swauk Prairie Cemetery held nice natural habitats and a good fauna, even though collecting was somewhat limited by strong winds. Photos by Laurel Ramseyer and Rod Crawford. Laurel discovered her pine cone collecting technique on this trip.
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aerial view Swauk Prairie Cemetery, Kittitas County, Washington Swauk Prairie, Kittitas County, Washington
Our site on aerial photo   (Kittitas County, 2001) Habitat appears across parched fields   © Laurel Ramseyer
ponderosa pine, shrubs and balsamroot, Swauk Prairie, Kittitas County, Washington Laurel Ramseyer and ponderosa pine grove, Swauk Prairie, Kittitas County, Washington
Lush flora on side of swale    © Laurel Ramseyer Laurel examines a sweep sample        © Rod Crawford
dry watercourse, Swauk Prairie, Kittitas County, Washington degraded grassland, Swauk Prairie, Kittitas County, Washington
Dry watercourse       © Laurel Ramseyer The wide open spaces (zoned Open Space)      © Rod Crawford
cone of Pinus ponderosa, Swauk Prairie, Kittitas County, Washington grass in wind, Swauk Prairie, Kittitas County, Washington
Pine cones - surprising habitat   © Laurel Ramseyer Grass blowin' in the wind           © Rod Crawford
flowering western serviceberry Amelanchier alnifolia, Swauk Prairie, Kittitas County, Washington thicket of black hawthorn Crateagus douglasii, Swauk Prairie, Kittitas County, Washington
Amelanchier flowers    © Laurel Ramseyer Hawthorn thicket with good litter spiders   © Rod Crawford
funnel web spider Agelenidae Tegenaria agrestis hobo spider, Swauk Prairie, Kittitas County, Washington Balsamorhiza plants, Swauk Prairie, Kittitas County, Washington
Hobo spider's funnel?    © Laurel Ramseyer Balsamorhiza was common       © Rod Crawford
wasp mimic longhorned Cerambycidae beetle Necydalis laevicollis, Swauk Prairie, Kittitas County, Washington bee on Balsamorhiza flower, Swauk Prairie, Kittitas County, Washington
Wasp mimic Necydalis laevicollis   © Laurel Ramseyer Lots of bees active despite the wind     © Laurel Ramseyer
Pinus ponderosa trunk, Swauk Prairie, Kittitas County, Washington Pinus ponderosa foliage, Swauk Prairie, Kittitas County, Washington
Ponderosa pine trunk     © Rod Crawford Ponderosa pine foliage         © Laurel Ramseyer

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