Album of Upper Dungeness Trailhead Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 21 September 2021 spider collecting trip to the trailhead for Upper Dungeness (River) Trail, southern Clallam County, Washington. Good samples from conifer foliage, a bridge and the outhouse, plus pretty decent series from alder litter, moss and some minor habitats brought us to 35 species. A regrowth area on Mueller Creek at the end of a higher elevation road made it 44-45. So last week's poor picking was just a minor blip in our chain of successes!
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2017 aerial photo of Upper Dungeness Trailhead area, Clallam County, Washington Dungeness River from bridge by Upper Dungeness Trailhead, Clallam County, Washington
Upper dot–Mueller Creek site; lower–river site  (Clallam County, 2017) The Dungeness above the bridge                       © Rod Crawford
alder grove at Upper Dungeness Trailhead, Clallam County, Washington Polygonia sp. at Upper Dungeness Trailhead, Clallam County, Washington
Alder grove around the bridge            © Rod Crawford Polygonia were having a population spike                      © Laurel Ramseyer
crab spider Philodromus spectabilis, Upper Dungeness Trailhead, Clallam County, Washington bridge over river, Upper Dungeness Trailhead, Clallam County, Washington
Philodromus spectabilis from bridge   © Laurel Ramseyer Bridges provided Laurel with 8 species                © Laurel Ramseyer
parking lot at Upper Dungeness Trailhead, Clallam County, Washington western hemlock foliage, Upper Dungeness Trailhead, Clallam County, Washington
Parking lot where I got 15 conifer foliage species     © Rod Crawford Western hemlock foliage, rich in spiders               © Rod Crawford
footbridge on lower trail, Upper Dungeness Trailhead, Clallam County, Washington sun on the river, Upper Dungeness Trailhead, Clallam County, Washington
Footbridge on lower trail          © Laurel Ramseyer Sunlight glints off the river                      © Rod Crawford
Callobius pictus from web on footbridge, Upper Dungeness Trailhead, Clallam County, Washington web of Callobius pictus from footbridge, Upper Dungeness Trailhead, Clallam County, Washington
Callobius pictus from footbridge        © Laurel Ramseyer Web and egg sac of the Callobius              © Laurel Ramseyer
cut old growth hemlock with 176 rings, Upper Dungeness Trailhead, Clallam County, Washington first leg of trail, Upper Dungeness Trailhead, Clallam County, Washington
Laurel pays tribute to 176 tree rings     © Laurel's camera Looking back at Upper Dungeness trailhead               © Rod Crawford
pine white Neophasia menapia along road, Upper Dungeness Trailhead, Clallam County, Washington salal along the trail, Upper Dungeness Trailhead, Clallam County, Washington
Pine white, Neophasia menapia          © Laurel Ramseyer Salal along the trail                      © Rod Crawford
harvestman Sclerobunus nondimorphicus, Upper Dungeness Trailhead, Clallam County, Washington soil surface fungi, Upper Dungeness Trailhead, Clallam County, Washington
Sclerobunus nondimorphicus from moss © Laurel Ramseyer Ground-level fungi                      © Laurel Ramseyer
male spider Coreorgonal monoceros from moss, Upper Dungeness Trailhead, Clallam County, Washington sun in the near-road forest, Upper Dungeness Trailhead, Clallam County, Washington
Male Coreorgonal monoceros        © Rod Crawford Sun in the forest                © Rod Crawford

For the end of the day, we collected near Mueller Creek at 1000 feet higher elevation.

regrowth from 1980s clearcut, Mueller Creek above Upper Dungeness Trailhead, Clallam County, Washington roadside grass, Mueller Creek above Upper Dungeness Trailhead, Clallam County, Washington
Slope was clearcut in the 1980s        © Rod Crawford Extensive roadside grass ready to sweep                © Laurel Ramseyer
wall of conifer foliage, Mueller Creek above Upper Dungeness Trailhead, Clallam County, Washington Douglas-fir foliage, Mueller Creek above Upper Dungeness Trailhead, Clallam County, Washington
Literally tons of conifer foliage to beat       © Rod Crawford It was mostly Douglas-fir foliage                  © Rod Crawford
Crustulina sticta spider under rock, Mueller Creek above Upper Dungeness Trailhead, Clallam County, Washington Laurel Ramseyer turning rocks, Mueller Creek above Upper Dungeness Trailhead, Clallam County, Washington
Crustulina sticta under a rock           © Laurel Ramseyer Laurel turning rocks                 © Rod Crawford
spider Theridion californicum from salal, Mueller Creek above Upper Dungeness Trailhead, Clallam County, Washington scenic pinnacle across canyon, Mueller Creek above Upper Dungeness Trailhead, Clallam County, Washington
Theridion californicum from salal         © Rod Crawford Scenic rock pinnacle across the canyon                     © Rod Crawford
pocket meadow, Mueller Creek above Upper Dungeness Trailhead, Clallam County, Washington low-key sunset in Dungeness River valley, 21 September 2021
Small pocket meadow at dusk       © Laurel Ramseyer Low-key sunset in lower Dungeness valley                 © Rod Crawford
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