Album of Dailey Prairie Field Trip

Selected photos from the spider collecting field trip to a state Natural Area Preserve in Whatcom County, Washington on 2 July 2007 with Laurel Ramseyer and Rod Crawford. Photos by both, as credited. The preserve, not technically a prairie, is a large montane Sphagnum bog in pristine condition surrounded by a very narrow band of highly distinctive old growth forest. The yield of 35 species was good for a visit rather late in the year for bog collecting. Many thanks to David Wilderman and Christ Thomsen (no, that's not a typo) of the Department of Natural Resources for facilitating this research. You can download a plant list (Word document) for the site here.
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1998 aerial photo of Dailey Prairie, Whatcom County, Washington Dailey Prairie, Whatcom County, Washington
Dailey Prairie, 1998 aerial photo (USGS) First prospect of bog meadow from south    © Rod Crawford
western swamp laurel Kalmia occidentalis, Dailey Prairie, Whatcom County, Washington Laurel Ramseyer at Dailey Prairie, Whatcom County, Washington
Bog laurel, Kalmia occidentalis   © Laurel Ramseyer Laurel in bog, sweeping                © Rod Crawford
bog orchids under Twin Sisters Mountain at Dailey Prairie, Whatcom County, Washington Twin Sisters Mountain overlooks Dailey Prairie, Whatcom County, Washington
Purple and white bog orchids    © Laurel Ramseyer Twin Sisters Mountain looms to the east        © Laurel Ramseyer
sedges, Carex spp., Dailey Prairie, Whatcom County, Washington north end of Dailey Prairie, Whatcom County, Washington
Pure-sedge section of bog    © Laurel Ramseyer North end of bog                   © Laurel Ramseyer
several-flowered sedge Carex pluriflora, Dailey Prairie, Whatcom County, Washington south end of bog, Dailey Prairie, Whatcom County, Washington
Rare Several-flowered Sedge  © Laurel Ramseyer South end of bog                © Rod Crawford
retreat of Larinioides cornutus Araneidae orbweaver on Triantha glutinosa occidentalis, Dailey Prairie, Whatcom County, Washington Larinioides cornutus female orbweaver, Dailey Prairie, Whatcom County, Washington
Larinioides cornutus retreat on Triantha
© Laurel Ramseyer		 Female Larinioides cornutus                © Rod Crawford
bunchberry Cornus canadensis, Dailey Prairie, Whatcom County, Washington east edge of bog with Alaska yellow cedar Chamaecyparis nootkatensis, Dailey Prairie, Whatcom County, Washington
Cornus canadensis      © Laurel Ramseyer East edge of bog; note large Alaska Cedars       © Rod Crawford
Alaska yellow cedar Chamaecyparis nootkatensis, Dailey Prairie, Whatcom County, Washington foliage of mountain hemlock Tsuga mertensiana, Dailey Prairie, Whatcom County, Washington
Alaska Yellow Cedars     © Laurel Ramseyer Mountain hemlock foliage               © Rod Crawford
tiger lily Lilium columbianum, Dailey Prairie, Whatcom County, Washington looking west across Dailey Prairie, Whatcom County, Washington
Tiger lily, Lilium columbianum   © Laurel Ramseyer West edge of bog                 © Rod Crawford
web of Dictyna major Dictynidae, Dailey Prairie, Whatcom County, Washington Dictyna major female Dictynidae, Dailey Prairie, Whatcom County, Washington
Dictyna major web      © Laurel Ramseyer Dictyna major female from Dailey Prairie    © Rod Crawford
in old growth forest fringe of Dailey Prairie, Whatcom County, Washington in old growth forest fringe of Dailey Prairie, Whatcom County, Washington
Trunks in old growth forest   © Rod Crawford Dense foliage in forest                 © Rod Crawford
Puget Sound garter snake Thamnophis sirtalis, Dailey Prairie, Whatcom County, Washington Dailey Prairie, Whatcom County, Washington
Thamnophis sirtalis at edge     © Laurel Ramseyer Looking out on bog from forest        © Laurel Ramseyer
bog lily Triantha glutinosa occidentalis, Dailey Prairie, Whatcom County, Washington reflections from emergent plants, Dailey Prairie, Whatcom County, Washington
White bog lilies      © Laurel Ramseyer Constellation of reflections from emergent stems   © Rod Crawford
pink mountain-heather Phyllodoce empetriformis, Dailey Prairie, Whatcom County, Washington bog pool, Dailey Prairie, Whatcom County, Washington
Phyllodoce empetriformis, heather    © L. Ramseyer Reflective bog pool              © Laurel Ramseyer

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