Album of Aeneas Valley Field Trip

Selected photos (by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer) from our 22 June 2011 spider collecting trip (with Jerry Austin) to the Aeneas Valley, eastern Okanogan County, Washington. Other than fishing access points, I was able to find just one tract of public land in the valley; fortunately it was good, including pine forest with plenty of cones for Laurel, rich understory flora, rocks to look under, and the edge of an extensive marsh. We got 27 species in a couple of hours! This is the fourth of 5 albums from our June 21-22 mini-expedition to the Okanogan Highlands.
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aerial photo of DNR tract in Aeneas Valley, Okanogan County, Washington Laurel Ramseyer and Jerry Austin in Aeneas Valley, Okanogan County, Washington
Aerial view: roadside site near Catherine Cecile Lake
(Okanogan County)
Laurel and Jerry all ready to hit the woods           © Rod Crawford
Rosy Pussytoes Antennaria rosea in Aeneas Valley, Okanogan County, Washington grassy understory of pine forest, Aeneas Valley, Okanogan County, Washington
Rosy Pussytoes (yes, really) was common  © Rod Crawford Grassy understory of uphill pine forest              © Rod Crawford
Laurel Ramseyer collecting spiders in Aeneas Valley, Okanogan County, Washington base of Ponderosa pine tree, Aeneas Valley, Okanogan County, Washington
Laurel sampling her 150 pine cones      © Rod Crawford Raised base of hillside pine tree                © Laurel Ramseyer
wild strawberry Fragaria sp., Aeneas Valley, Okanogan County, Washington edge of forest with old grassy roadway, Aeneas Valley, Okanogan County, Washington
Too early for strawberries         © Rod Crawford Downslope, forest at marsh edge              © Laurel Ramseyer
spider-webbed pine cone, Aeneas Valley, Okanogan County, Washington valley marsh, Aeneas Valley, Okanogan County, Washington
Very webby pine cone        © Laurel Ramseyer Edge of extensive grassy marsh          © Rod Crawford
Pachygnatha spider carapace from marsh, Aeneas Valley, Okanogan County, Washington marsh grass, Aeneas Valley, Okanogan County, Washington
Carapace of rare Pachygnatha          © Rod Crawford Grass in wet part of the marsh               © Rod Crawford


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