Album of Quartz Creek Trail Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford from my 29 July 2021 spider collecting trip (with Jerry Austin) to Quartz Creek Trail, north side of the North Fork Skykomish River, far southeastern Snohomish County, Washington. The long-washed-out road to this trail was finally repaired early last year, just in time for the pandemic shutdown! It's in fairly good condition now and so is the trail, barring one biggish log and one boulder (not the one shown below, but I forgot to photograph the real one!). Between low elevation trailhead and mid-elevation old growth, we managed to get a basic sample of 22 species despite a late start and a lot of deer flies.
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2017 aerial photo of Quartz Creek Trail, SE Snohomish County, Washington trailhead sign, North Fork Skykomish Trail, near Quartz Creek Trail, SE Snohomish County, Washington
Forest site north, trailhead south   (Snohomish Co. 2017) Trailhead sign, North Fork Skykomish Trail             © Rod Crawford
fir foliage at trailhead, Quartz Creek Trail, SE Snohomish County, Washington West Cady Ridge trail sign, near Quartz Creek Trail, SE Snohomish County, Washington
Fir foliage, one of our trailhead habitats    © Rod Crawford Trailhead sign, West Cady Ridge trail              © Rod Crawford
understory near trailhead, Quartz Creek Trail, SE Snohomish County, Washington trailhead sign of Quartz Creek Trail, SE Snohomish County, Washington
Understory by parking lot           © Rod Crawford Third trail is the one we took                 © Rod Crawford
old growth trunk, Quartz Creek Trail, SE Snohomish County, Washington Quartz Creek Trail, SE Snohomish County, Washington
Patches of old growth throughout area     © Rod Crawford Scene along the trail                  © Rod Crawford
gigantic boulder on trail, historic stock photo Quartz Creek Trail, SE Snohomish County, Washington
A big boulder had landed on the trail — but not this big!
(stock photo)		 Lots of shrub understory along the trail              © Rod Crawford
old fallen bark, Quartz Creek Trail, SE Snohomish County, Washington fallen bark, Quartz Creek Trail, SE Snohomish County, Washington
Older fallen bark            © Rod Crawford Bark chunks (often with spiders) fallen from snags          © Rod Crawford
old growth canopy, Quartz Creek Trail, SE Snohomish County, Washington dead wood on foreat floor, Quartz Creek Trail, SE Snohomish County, Washington
Uneven canopy of old growth          © Rod Crawford More dead wood spider habitat                    © Rod Crawford
flora of mini-meadow, Quartz Creek Trail, SE Snohomish County, Washington Mini-meadow along Quartz Creek Trail, SE Snohomish County, Washington
Herbs, shrubs and ferns          © Rod Crawford Mini-meadow along trail                            © Rod Crawford
orbweaver Araneus gemma from Quartz Creek Trail, SE Snohomish County, Washington Mount Index from Hwy 2, Shomomish County, Washington on 29 July 2021
Jerry's Araneus gemma          © Rod Crawford Mount Index still with few, small snow patches              © Rod Crawford
sunset near Baring, Washington on 29 July 2021 sunset in Monroe, Washington on 29 July 2021
Yellow phase of sunset along highway   © Rod Crawford Red end of sunset in Monroe                      © Rod Crawford

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