Album of Perrinville Creek Field Trip

Selected photos from a spider collecting field trip to Perrinville Creek in Southwest County Park, Snohomish County, Washington, on 17 December 2006. Not too successful a trip (spiders probably too cold and wet to move), but almost the only nice day this month, so how could I resist going collecting? Photos by Rod Crawford.
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alder Alnus rubra canopy in small swamp, Southwest County Park, Snohomish County, Washington forest edge with invasive ivy Hedera helix, Southwest County Park, Snohomish County, Washington
Group of alders mark swampy area © Rod Crawford Good to be back in the forest - even with ivy     © Rod Crawford
fungus on alder Alnus rubra trunk, Southwest County Park, Snohomish County, Washington moss on alder Alnus rubra trunk, Perrinville Creek ravine, Southwest County Park, Snohomish County, Washington
Fungus on alder trunk in swamp  © Rod Crawford Mossy alder trunk on ravine slope      © Rod Crawford
Perrinville Creek ravine, Southwest County Park, Snohomish County, Washington Perrinville Creek ravine, Southwest County Park, Snohomish County, Washington
Looking up Perrinville Creek ravine  © Rod Crawford Bottom of the ravine         © Rod Crawford
Neriene digna, linyphiid spider, female, Southwest County Park, Snohomish County, Washington conifer-alder canopy, Perrinville Creek ravine, Southwest County Park, Snohomish County, Washington
Neriene digna female        © Rod Crawford Alders were limited to bottom of ravine    © Rod Crawford
stump with salal, Perrinville Creek ravine, Southwest County Park, Snohomish County, Washington Perrinville Creek ravine, Southwest County Park, Snohomish County, Washington
Stump from the early logging days  © Rod Crawford Fern-salmonberry understory across the ravine        © Rod Crawford
stump with springboard notch, Perrinville Creek ravine, Southwest County Park, Snohomish County, Washington invasive ivy Hedera helix on stump, Southwest County Park, Snohomish County, Washington
Same stump from below; note springboard notch
© Rod Crawford		 Alas, English Ivy penetrates at least 1/4 mile into the forest
© Rod Crawford
Linyphantes anacortes, linyphiid spider, female, Southwest County Park, Snohomish County, Washington Theridion tinctum, theridiid spider, female, Southwest County Park, Snohomish County, Washington
Linyphantes anacortes  © Rod Crawford Theridion tinctum, dorsal and ventral       © Rod Crawford

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