Album of French Cabin Creek Field Trip

Selected photos from a spider collecting field trip to the West Fork of French Cabin Creek, Kittitas County, Washington on 8 July 2006, assisted by Fred Austin. Photos by Rod Crawford.
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Kachess Ridge from West Fork of French Cabin Creek, Kittitas County, Washington
View of Kachess Ridge        © Rod Crawford Log with loose bark, spiders beneath       © Rod Crawford
photomicrograph of Philodromus rufus crab spider collected at Fort Ebey, Whidbey Island, Washington in 1987 Young pine and true fir, West Fork of French Cabin Creek, Kittitas County, Washington
Philodromus rufus was common    © Rod Crawford Mixed young conifers by the roadside        © Rod Crawford
Alnus sinuata and daisies, West Fork of French Cabin Creek, Kittitas County, Washington Vaccinium sp. in forest understory, West Fork of French Cabin Creek, Kittitas County, Washington
Roadside daisies        © Rod Crawford Huckleberry, Vaccinium, dominated the understory   © Rod Crawford
Alnus sinuata thicket, West Fork of French Cabin Creek, Kittitas County, Washington interior of Alnus sinuata thicket, West Fork of French Cabin Creek, Kittitas County, Washington
Alnus sinuata thicket hid the creek   © Rod Crawford View from inside the Alnus sinuata thicket        © Rod Crawford
remanant old-growth conifer, West Fork of French Cabin Creek, Kittitas County, Washington bark of remnant old-growth conifer, West Fork of French Cabin Creek, Kittitas County, Washington
The loggers left one big tree      © Rod Crawford The old-growth bark was much colonized by spiders   © Rod Crawford
Tiger lily Columbia lily Lilium columbianum, West Fork of French Cabin Creek, Kittitas County, Washington Kachess Ridge from West Fork of French Cabin Creek, Kittitas County, Washington
Tiger lilies, Lilium columbianum      © Rod Crawford Twilight on the trail            © Rod Crawford


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