Album of Lake Dorothy Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 20 August 2019 spider collecting trip (with Jerry Austin) to Lake Dorothy, northern Alpine Lakes Wilderness, King County, Washington. Reached by a trail with lots of big steps, our sites (at around 3100' elevation) had a nice variety of habitats, including sizable areas of productive Sphagnum moss growing amongst other mosses right on the lake beach! Our sample came to a solid 37 species.
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Lake Dorothy, Alpine Lakes, King County, Washington, 2013 aerial view Lake Dorothy Trailhead, Miller River, King County, Washington
Lake Dorothy: main site in red     (King County, 2013) Lake Dorothy trailhead                  © Rod Crawford
Lake Dorothy trail bridge, Alpine Lakes, King County, Washington up Camp Robber Creek from trail bridge, Lake Dorothy, Alpine Lakes, King County, Washington
Jerry on trail bridge          © Rod Crawford Up Camp Robber Creek from bridge                     © Rod Crawford
rocks along trail to Lake Dorothy, Alpine Lakes, King County, Washington Down Camp Robber Creek from trail bridge, Lake Dorothy, Alpine Lakes, King County, Washington
Big rocks along trail             © Rod Crawford Down Camp Robber Creek from bridge                   © Rod Crawford
western toad Anaxyrus boreas along trail to Lake Dorothy, Alpine Lakes, King County, Washington western toads Anaxyrus boreas along trail to Lake Dorothy, Alpine Lakes, King County, Washington
Western toad              © Laurel Ramseyer We saw 3 different Western Toads along trail!       © Laurel Ramseyer
dog watching Laurel eat lunch, Lake Dorothy, Alpine Lakes, King County, Washington Jerry Austin on shore of Lake Dorothy, Alpine Lakes, King County, Washington
Tourist                  © Rod Crawford Jerry teeters on a shore rock                      © Laurel Ramseyer
moss at top of beach, Lake Dorothy, Alpine Lakes, King County, Washington north end of Lake Dorothy, Alpine Lakes, King County, Washington
Moss at top of lake beach            © Rod Crawford General view, north end of Lake Dorothy             © Rod Crawford
Rod Crawford sifting moss, Lake Dorothy, Alpine Lakes, King County, Washington patch of Sphagnum moss, Lake Dorothy, Alpine Lakes, King County, Washington
Rod sifting moss              © Laurel Ramseyer Only the Sphagnum moss was productive             © Rod Crawford
Cornus canadensis in fruit along trail to Lake Dorothy, Alpine Lakes, King County, Washington log on beach site, Lake Dorothy, Alpine Lakes, King County, Washington
Cornus canadensis in fruit             © Rod Crawford Log divided our beach site               © Rod Crawford
mountain hemlock foliage Tsuga mertensiana, Lake Dorothy, Alpine Lakes, King County, Washington hemlock foliage, Tsuga, Lake Dorothy, Alpine Lakes, King County, Washington
Mountain hemlock foliage           © Rod Crawford …and more hemlock foliage!                    © Laurel Ramseyer
web of Araneus nordmanni orbweaver, Lake Dorothy, Alpine Lakes, King County, Washington orbweaver female Araneus nordmanni, Lake Dorothy, Alpine Lakes, King County, Washington
Araneus nordmanni in web         © Laurel Ramseyer Laurel's prize orbweaver!                         © Laurel Ramseyer
geometrid moth Campaea perlata, Lake Dorothy, Alpine Lakes, King County, Washington giant talus rock, Lake Dorothy, Alpine Lakes, King County, Washington
Moth Campaea perlata            © Rod Crawford Vertical rock face, habitat of an unusual Zygiella         © Laurel Ramseyer
Rod Crawford and Jerry Austin collecting on talus, Lake Dorothy, Alpine Lakes, King County, Washington trail in forest, Lake Dorothy, Alpine Lakes, King County, Washington
Jerry and Rod collect on the talus   © Laurel Ramseyer Trail through forest habitat, site 2          © Rod Crawford
dead wood habitat, second site on Lake Dorothy, Alpine Lakes, King County, Washington dead wood habitat, second site along Lake Dorothy, Alpine Lakes, King County, Washington
Dead wood habitat                © Rod Crawford More dead wood habitat                         © Rod Crawford
huckleberries, second site along Lake Dorothy, Alpine Lakes, King County, Washington mature mountain hemlock forest, second site along Lake Dorothy, Alpine Lakes, King County, Washington
Tasty huckleberries            © Rod Crawford Mature forest at our second site                     © Rod Crawford
mountain hemlock cones, Lake Dorothy, Alpine Lakes, King County, Washington Vaccinium understory, second site along Lake Dorothy, Alpine Lakes, King County, Washington
Mountain hemlock cones had spiders © Laurel Ramseyer Vaccinium understory at second site                     © Laurel Ramseyer

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