Album of Soos Creek Field Trip

Selected photos from the spider collecting field trip to the Soos Creek Regional Trail in Soos Creek Park near Kent, Washington on 18 April 2006. Photos by Rod Crawford.
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Soos Creek Regional Trail, King County, Washington Aerial photo of spider collecting site off Soos Creek Trail
Soos Creek Trail      © Rod Crawford My little clearing in the suburban woods; trail at left  (USGS)
Grassy clearing off Soos Creek Trail, King County, Washington Soos Creek Trail, King County, Washington
Pardosa abounded in the clearing   © Rod Crawford Passing hikers were oblivious of me      © Rod Crawford
Moss on trunk of Alnus rubra, Soos Creek Trail, King County, Washington Grove of Alnus rubra, Soos Creek Trail, King County, Washington
Moss on large alder trunk     © Rod Crawford Alder grove in the mixed forest             © Rod Crawford
Forest floor in Alnus rubra grove, Soos Creek Trail, King County, Washington Sifting leaf litter for spiders, Soos Creek Trail, King County, Washington
Forest floor in alder grove with litter © Rod Crawford Set-up for sifting leaf litter      © Rod Crawford
Mature conifer trunk, Soos Creek Trail, King County, Washington Forest understory of Dicentra and Berberis, Soos Creek Trail, King County, Washington
Big conifer trunk   © Rod Crawford Native plants in understory: Dicentra, Oregon grape   © Rod Crawford
Spiraea douglasii leaf litter, Soos Creek Trail, King County, Washington Spiraea douglasii thicket, Soos Creek Trail, King County, Washington
Leaf litter under Spiraea      © Rod Crawford Spiraea douglasii (hardhack) thicket           © Rod Crawford
Invasive plants: holly, Ilex aquifolia; ivy, Hedera helix, Soos Creek Trail, King County, Washington Invasive plant: Himalayan blackberry, Rubus discolor, Soos Creek Trail, King County, Washington
The holly and the ivy      © Rod Crawford Invasive Himalayan blackberry            © Rod Crawford

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