Selected photos by Rod Crawford from a 10 June 2013 spider collecting trip to clearcut regrowth and timberland on the south slope of Haywire Ridge, NE of Sultan, Snohomish County, Washington (westward over a grid boundary from the previous trip to the same area). The hike was even longer, but seemed easier. I successfully sampled grassy and conifer-foliage habitats in this area (missed last time), but invasive species affected the clearcut, and I didn't get as many spiders from vegetation as I hoped. Fortunately I was able to supplement that with a decent sift sample, for 27 species in all.

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Just a little farther into the timberland     (Snohomish County 2009)	Anything-but-native growth entwines ironic sign        © Rod Crawford
Ripe salmonberries, yum yum!               © Rod Crawford	Sea of sword ferns in the understory          © Rod Crawford
Herbs on forest floor        © Rod Crawford	Seemingly good jumping-spider habitat, but not much hopping!         © Rod Crawford
Douglas-fir foliage       © Rod Crawford	Grand fir foliage              © Rod Crawford
Western hemlock foliage      © Rod Crawford	Sitka spruce foliage            © Rod Crawford
Both invasive blackberry species present   © Rod Crawford	Dense, tangled jungle of clearcut regrowth           © Rod Crawford
Grass in old roadbed       © Rod Crawford	Old road widens into a clearing – with wolf spiders!          © Rod Crawford
Invasive Enoplognatha ovata was too abundant   © Lynette Schimming	Not all is invasive: salal growing in         © Rod Crawford
Looks like a bear has been there          © Rod Crawford	Second widened-road clearing is as far as I got              © Rod Crawford
Lichen on stump          © Rod Crawford	Good ol' maple litter saved me from failure              © Rod Crawford

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