Album of South Fork Canyon Creek Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Della Scott from our 15 June 2022 spider collecting trip (with Sandi and Erika of the Seattle Times) to the South Fork of Canyon Creek, north central Snohomish County, Washington. Reached via 8 miles of heavily potholed forest road (which Della's Zipcar handled like a pro), the site (at the end of driveable Road 41) had some decent habitats that were, unfortunately, rather wet. A few unpredicted rain sprinkles didn't improve matters. But with only me collecting, I still managed to get a solid 24 spider species.
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2017 aerial photo of South Fork Canyon Creek at FS Road 41, Snohomish County, Washington start of FS Road 41 on state hwy 97, Snohomish County, Washington
Our site shown in red      (Snohomish County, 2017) Forest Road 41 begins                 © Della Scott
water=filled pothole in road, South Fork Canyon Creek at FS Road 41, Snohomish County, Washington wet alder litter, South Fork Canyon Creek at FS Road 41, Snohomish County, Washington
Hundreds of wet potholes in the road       © Rod Crawford Wet alder leaf litter                    © Rod Crawford
Rod Crawford sifting moss on forest floor, South Fork Canyon Creek at FS Road 41, Snohomish County, Washington Erika Schultz and Sandi Doughton of the Seattle Times watch Rod Crawford sift moss, South Fork Canyon Creek at FS Road 41, Snohomish County, Washington
I set up my sifter under tree canopy          © Della Scott Erika and Sandi prepare to watch me sift              © Della Scott
wet alder leaves, South Fork Canyon Creek at FS Road 41, Snohomish County, Washington understory of hemlock forest, South Fork Canyon Creek at FS Road 41, Snohomish County, Washington
Alder leaves still wet from latest rain     © Rod Crawford Conifer forest understory                          © Rod Crawford
salmonberry Rubus spectabilis in bloom, South Fork Canyon Creek at FS Road 41, Snohomish County, Washington salmonberry Rubus spectabilis foliage, South Fork Canyon Creek at FS Road 41, Snohomish County, Washington
Salmonberry in bloom            © Rod Crawford Salmonberry foliage, likewise wet           © Rod Crawford
female Porrhomma convexum, Linyphiidae, from gravel bar, South Fork Canyon Creek at FS Road 41, Snohomish County, Washington grass on gravel bar, South Fork Canyon Creek at FS Road 41, Snohomish County, Washington
Porrhomma convexum            © Rod Crawford Stand of wet grass on gravel bar                    © Rod Crawford
crab spider Xysticus pretiosus from ferns, South Fork Canyon Creek at FS Road 41, Snohomish County, Washington sword fern on bank above gravel bar, South Fork Canyon Creek at FS Road 41, Snohomish County, Washington
Female Xysticus pretiosus           © Rod Crawford Sword fern hanging down a bank: great habitat                © Rod Crawford
moss on alder trunk, South Fork Canyon Creek at FS Road 41, Snohomish County, Washington moss on alder trunks, South Fork Canyon Creek at FS Road 41, Snohomish County, Washington
The trees were mossy…             © Rod Crawford …very mossy, especially the alders                   © Rod Crawford
western hemlock foliage, South Fork Canyon Creek at FS Road 41, Snohomish County, Washington western hemlock foliage, South Fork Canyon Creek at FS Road 41, Snohomish County, Washington
Western hemlock foliage            © Rod Crawford There was enough hemlock for a spider sample          © Rod Crawford
mossy log in forest, South Fork Canyon Creek at FS Road 41, Snohomish County, Washington mossy stump and salmonberry on floodplain, South Fork Canyon Creek at FS Road 41, Snohomish County, Washington
Mossy log                 © Rod Crawford Mossy snag with salmonberry on floodplain                     © Rod Crawford
bridge blocked with boulders, South Fork Canyon Creek at FS Road 41, Snohomish County, Washington flood damage to bridge, South Fork Canyon Creek at FS Road 41, Snohomish County, Washington
Bridge blocked with boulders             © Rod Crawford In fact, bridge out!                     © Rod Crawford
bridge showing railing habitat, South Fork Canyon Creek at FS Road 41, Snohomish County, Washington downstream view from bridge, South Fork Canyon Creek at FS Road 41, Snohomish County, Washington
Bridge from below showing railing habitat   © Della Scott Downstream, the "creek" seems bigger than some "rivers"   © Rod Crawford
dead branches on forest floor, South Fork Canyon Creek at FS Road 41, Snohomish County, Washington male linyphiid Bathyphantes keenii, South Fork Canyon Creek at FS Road 41, Snohomish County, Washington
Dead wood habitat               © Rod Crawford Male Bathyphantes keenii                   © Rod Crawford
water spouts out of a culvert below decommissioned road, South Fork Canyon Creek at FS Road 41, Snohomish County, Washington tributary above road near South Fork Canyon Creek at FS Road 41, Snohomish County, Washington
Water spouts out of a culvert below road   © Rod Crawford A tributary we crossed before reaching site                   © Rod Crawford
Rod Crawford examines a specimen, South Fork Canyon Creek at FS Road 41, Snohomish County, Washington impressive landscape from a clearcut on way out from South Fork Canyon Creek at FS Road 41, Snohomish County, Washington
Rod Checks out a specimen         © Della Scott Impressive landscape from a clearcut on the way out        © Rod Crawford
mossy big western hemlock tree, South Fork Canyon Creek at FS Road 41, Snohomish County, Washington quasi-sunset from Highway 2 causeway east of Everett, Washington on 15 June 2022
Big hemlock tree only moderately mossy   © Rod Crawford Not much of a sunset                  © Rod Crawford

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