Album of Green Point Preserve Field Trip

Selected photos by Laurel Ramseyer and Rod Crawford from our 27 May 2023 spider collecting trip to Green Point Preserve, a privately owned nature reserve on the Strait of Juan de Fuca coast. It's managed by a foundation established by the orignal owners for educational purposes, and after some negotiations, they gave us permission to collect. In our one day we didn't do much more than scratch the surface of this great property, but we collected in beach and near-beach habitats, streamside maple forest, and from conifers on the summit of the point. Our total catch of 45 species included only two non-natives, several uncommon species, and three or more so unusual that further study will be needed to identify them.
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aerial view, Green Point, Clallam County, Washington Memorial Day traffic jams the Kingston ferry, 27 May 2023
Green Point with our sites in red    (Clallam County, 2021) Memorial Day traffic jams the ferry                  © Laurel Ramseyer
caretaker's pet peahen, Green Point, Clallam County, Washington old road down from house to beach, Green Point, Clallam County, Washington
Caretaker Jennifer's pet peahen       © Rod Crawford The old road we walked down to the beach                    © Rod Crawford
end of route to beach, Green Point, Clallam County, Washington beach, Green Point, Clallam County, Washington
Beach ahead!                © Laurel Ramseyer Beach: sand, grass, logs, cobbles                   © Laurel Ramseyer
Paardosa lowriei, wolf spider of the cobbles, Green Point, Clallam County, Washington Laurel on the beach cobble zone, Green Point, Clallam County, Washington
Pardosa lowriei, wolf spider of the cobbles     © Laurel Ramseyer Laurel standing on the cobble habitat            © Rod Crawford
conglomerate cliff, Green Point, Clallam County, Washington dune grass, Green Point, Clallam County, Washington
Well-cemented conglomerate bluff, not hard rock!  © Laurel Ramseyer Dune grass beach meadow had practically no spiders          © Rod Crawford
riparian meadow above beach, Green Point, Clallam County, Washington salal by beach trail, Green Point, Clallam County, Washington
Riparian meadow just above beach         © Rod Crawford Spider-rich salal, by trail at base of bluff                      © Rod Crawford
Sitka spruce foliage above beach, Green Point, Clallam County, Washington side trail to creekside cabins, Green Point, Clallam County, Washington
Sitka spruce foliage, also spider-rich         © Rod Crawford Side trail into ravine of Siebert Creek          © Rod Crawford
cluster of maple trunks by creek, Green Point, Clallam County, Washington bigleaf maple canopy by creek, Green Point, Clallam County, Washington
Multiple maple trunks in group        © Rod Crawford Bigleaf maple canopy along creek                 © Rod Crawford
maple leaf litter in crotch by creek, Green Point, Clallam County, Washington unknown species of microspider Linyphantes, Green Point, Clallam County, Washington
Leaf litter in maple crotch             © Rod Crawford Male of unknown Linyphantes species                     © Rod Crawford
cabin in clearing by Siebert Creek, Green Point, Clallam County, Washington Siebert Creek, Green Point, Clallam County, Washington
Cabin by the creek                 © Rod Crawford A slow stretch of Siebert Creek                   © Rod Crawford
Rhododendron, Green Point, Clallam County, Washington Pimoa altioculata spider, Green Point, Clallam County, Washington
Rhododendron in understory           © Rod Crawford Female Pimoa altioculata                  © Laurel Ramseyer
nettle, Green Point, Clallam County, Washington spider Theridion agrifoliae, Green Point, Clallam County, Washington
Stand of nettles beside cabin            © Rod Crawford Male Theridion agrifoliae (far from common)               © Laurel Ramseyer
mossy maple trunk, Green Point, Clallam County, Washington moss on maple trees, Green Point, Clallam County, Washington
Mossy maple trunk             © Rod Crawford …and more moss!                © Rod Crawford
cobbles on gravel bar in Siebert Creek, Green Point, Clallam County, Washington herbaceous growth on gravel bar in Siebert Creek, Green Point, Clallam County, Washington
Gravel bar cobbles had 2 good spiders      © Rod Crawford Gravel bar in Siebert Creek well-vegetated                 © Rod Crawford
spider Bathyphantes malkini under gravel bar rock, Green Point, Clallam County, Washington Siebert Creek, Green Point, Clallam County, Washington
Bathyphantes malkini under gravel bar cobble   © Laurel Ramseyer Siebert Creek pauses above the gravel bar                  © Laurel Ramseyer
female spider Clubiona pacifica, Green Point, Clallam County, Washington sword fern understory, Green Point, Clallam County, Washington
Clubiona pacifica beaten from ferns     © Rod Crawford Sword fern understory                        © Rod Crawford
conifer foliage at edge of house yard, Green Point, Clallam County, Washington house yard, Green Point, Clallam County, Washington
Conifer foliage above bluffs        © Laurel Ramseyer House yard in bluff-top forest                        © Rod Crawford
Gulls on Kingston ferry dock, Kitsap County, Washington sun setting behind Kingston-Edmonds ferry, 27 May 2023
Dive bomber on ferry dock        © Laurel Ramseyer Sun setting behind the ferry                        © Rod Crawford

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