Album of Rotary Park Field Trip

Selected photos from a spider collecting field trip to Rotary Park and vicinity on the outskirts of Everett, Washington on 6 July 2006. Some rare species were taken by the Snohomish River, but weather and blackberries conspired against our gathering a fully adequate sample. Photos by Rod Crawford.
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Della Scott at Rotary Park, Everett, Washington Grassy bank of Snohomish River, Rotary Park, Everett, Washington
Della ready for a picnic!  © Rod Crawford Grassy bank of the Snohomish River         © Rod Crawford
small marsh of tall Carex near Snohomish River, Rotary Park, Everett, Washington Tetragnatha extensa, photographed in Finland by Markku Savela
Small marsh of tall sedge    © Rod Crawford Tetragnatha extensa, holarctic but uncommon       © Markku Savela
Map of open space across highway from Rotary Park, Everett, Washington, from 2002 USGS aerial photo grassy field across highway from Rotary Park, Everett, Washington
Open space across highway from park (USGS, 2002) Outer strip of "meadow" was actually grass          © Rod Crawford
bigleaf maple Acer macrophyllum across highway from Rotary Park, Everett, Washington bigleaf maple Acer macrophyllum across highway from Rotary Park, Everett, Washington
Maple groves bordered the grass   © Rod Crawford ...all but this tree unreachable through blackberries  © Rod Crawford
leaf litter of bigleaf maple across highway from Rotary Park, Everett, Washington willow grove with invasive Rubus discolor Himalayan blackberry across highway from Rotary Park, Everett, Washington
My maple tree had good litter   © Rod Crawford This willow grove was too blackberry-choked      © Rod Crawford
thicket of Rubus discolor Himalayan blackberry across highway from Rotary Park, Everett, Washington railroad trestle across highway from Rotary Park, Everett, Washington
Through the blackberry jungle with net and camera       © Rod Crawford The jungle trail finally emerged at a train trestle, beneath which
hobos nestle            © Rod Crawford

Photos from a trip to a railroad/industrial site in north Everett on 16 July 2006, in order to supplement the inadquate Rotary Park sample with additional species. Photos by Rod Crawford.

aerial photo (USGS) of undeveloped tract near Snohomish River, North Everett, Washington railroad tracks near Snohomish River, North Everett, Washington
Undeveloped triangle between tracks and freeway (USGS aerial photo, 2002) So close to downtown Everett, the site seemed isolated and deserted from ground level            © Rod Crawford
weed field by railroad tracks near Snohomish River, North Everett, Washington concrete rubble by railroad tracks near Snohomish River, North Everett, Washington
Field of tall weeds       © Rod Crawford Concrete rubble in field, Tegenaria habitat             © Rod Crawford
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