Album of Trapper Creek Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Della Scott from our 6 September 2020 spider collecting trip to Trapper Creek in the vicinity of Big Skidder Hill, Clallam and Jefferson Counties, Washington. After many vicissitudes we finally reached the Snow Creek Road's crossing of Trapper Creek, where we parked and got a moderate sample, then spent the early evening at a clearcut down the road (and across the county line) for supplemental species. Detailed ID will have to come later.
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2018 aerial photo of spider field site on Trapper Creek, Jefferson County, Washington Trapper Creek, Jefferson County, Washington
Creek site in red; P, parking spot; G, grass   (Jefferson County, 2018) Trapper Creek                   © Rod Crawford
alder litter at base of trunk, field site on Trapper Creek, Jefferson County, Washington Della Scott and sifter with alder litter, field site on Trapper Creek, Jefferson County, Washington
Alder litter at base of trunk          © Rod Crawford Della all ready for the litter sifting to begin                      © Rod Crawford
sword fern Polystichum munitum, field site on Trapper Creek, Jefferson County, Washington sword fern polystichum munitum, field site on Trapper Creek, Jefferson County, Washington
Sword fern understory             © Rod Crawford Fern spiders made their contribution!             © Rod Crawford
Rod Crawford sweeping grass, field site on Trapper Creek, Jefferson County, Washington forest clearing, field site on Trapper Creek, Jefferson County, Washington
Rod sweeping in the clearing we parked in    © Della Scott Roadside clearing with alders at edge               © Della Scott
grass at base of grassy slope, field site on Trapper Creek, Jefferson County, Washington grassy slope, field site on Trapper Creek, Jefferson County, Washington
Grass at base of slope               © Rod Crawford Grassy slope along side road                  © Rod Crawford
Rod Crawford emerging from salmonberry, field site on Trapper Creek, Jefferson County, Washington extensive salmonberry stand Rubus spectabilis, field site on Trapper Creek, Jefferson County, Washington
Rod emerging from salmonberry jungle        © Della Scott Extensive salmonberry stand under alder                        © Rod Crawford
moss on creekside alder, field site on Trapper Creek, Jefferson County, Washington alder-conifer forest, field site on Trapper Creek, Jefferson County, Washington
Mossy creekside alder trunk          © Rod Crawford Alder-conifer forest                          © Rod Crawford
2010 clearcut on Snow Creek Road, Jefferson County, Washington invasive blackberry Rubus armeniacus along road in clearcut on Snow Creek Road, Jefferson County, Washington
Aerial view of clearcut site          (Jefferson County, 2018) Invasive blackberry along road in clearcut                      © Della Scott
hillside in clearcut on Snow Creek Road, Jefferson County, Washington roadside verge in clearcut on Snow Creek Road, Jefferson County, Washington
Slope of regrowth in clearcut              © Rod Crawford Herbaceous-grassy verge in clearcut                 © Rod Crawford
Rod Crawford beating verge flora in clearcut on Snow Creek Road, Jefferson County, Washington firebreat at edge of clearcut on Snow Creek Road, Jefferson County, Washington
Rod beating verge flora in clearcut            © Della Scott Good beating access in firebreak at clearcut edge               © Rod Crawford
view down into Snow Creek Gorge from clearcut on Snow Creek Road, Jefferson County, Washington sunset from U.S. 101, eastern Jefferson County, Washington on 6 Sept. 2020
View down into Snow Creek gorge from clearcut      © Rod Crawford Sunset from the troublesome highway junction               © Rod Crawford

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