Album of Deckerville Swamp Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford from my 3 May 2015 spider collecting trip with Audrey Zehren to the eastern forest buffer of Deckerville Swamp, far-west edge of Mason County, Washington. Intended to supplement an old 19-species sample with at least 2 more species, we encountered such good habitats that we came away with 34 species for the half-day, 46 with the old records. Including, apparently, a long-lost undescribed Briggsus harvestman!
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2911 aerial photo of east side Deckerville Swamp, Mason County, Washington Mary M. Knight Road leading to east side Deckerville Swamp, Mason County, Washington
Swamp on left, forest collecting site upper right
(Mason County, 2011)		 Pleasant parking spot on Mary M. Knight Road       © Rod Crawford
Green Diamond gate on Mary M. Knight Road leading to east side Deckerville Swamp, Mason County, Washington Green Diamond clearcut on way to east side Deckerville Swamp, Mason County, Washington
Logging company gate               © Rod Crawford Clearcut habitat had its share of spiders              © Rod Crawford
remnant stump from old growth era, east side Deckerville Swamp, Mason County, Washington Audrey Zehren admiring forest moss, east side Deckerville Swamp, Mason County, Washington
Plenty of old stumps at our forest site       © Rod Crawford Audrey admires the moss-draped forest        © Rod Crawford
leaf litter ready to sift, east side Deckerville Swamp, Mason County, Washington probable new Briggsus sp. harvestman, east side Deckerville Swamp, Mason County, Washington
Bonanza leaf litter ready to sift        © Rod Crawford This was the prize, a long-lost undescribed Briggsus        © Rod Crawford
understory vegetation, east side Deckerville Swamp, Mason County, Washington old dead wood and moss habitats, east side Deckerville Swamp, Mason County, Washington
Understory foliage            © Rod Crawford Moss and dead wood were abundant             © Rod Crawford
Audrey Zehren sorting a foliage beat sample, east side Deckerville Swamp, Mason County, Washington spider Crustulina sticta, Theridiidae, swept from grass in clearcut, east side Deckerville Swamp, Mason County, Washington
Audrey sorts understory beat sample       © Rod Crawford Audrey swept this Crustulina in the clearcut              © Rod Crawford
young planted Douglas-fir in clearcut, east side Deckerville Swamp, Mason County, Washington spider Cyclosa turbinata swept from grass in clearcut, east side Deckerville Swamp, Mason County, Washington
Little Douglas-firs contributed their share   © Rod Crawford Audrey also swept this Cyclosa turbinata!           © Rod Crawford
edge of clearcut, east side Deckerville Swamp, Mason County, Washington Matlock General Store, visited after collecting at east side Deckerville Swamp, Mason County, Washington
Edge of clearcut; swamp beyond          © Rod Crawford Afterward, we stopped for corn dogs at the Matlock Store         © Rod Crawford

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