Album of Nooksack Cemetery Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 25 October 2015 spider collecting trip to Nooksack Cemetery, near Everson, Whatcom County, Washington. Unusually for fall, it was the leaf litter that was comparatively unproductive (probably too dry), but with upland and riparian sweeping, understory, tree beating, gravestones (yes, really) and eventually pine cones, we still managed to get 30 species. Weather really smiled on us, with rain falling in most other areas. See Laurel's account of the day here.
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aerial view of Nooksack Cemetery and vicinity, 2013 Laurel Ramseyer at Nooksack Cemetery, NE of Everson, Whatcom County, Washington
Cemetery in center, Nooksack School upper right     (USDA, 2013) Spider collector among the tombstones          © Rod Crawford
retreat of Zygiella atrica on tombstone, Nooksack Cemetery, NE of Everson, Whatcom County, Washington Zygiella atrica from Nooksack Elementary School, NE of Everson, Whatcom County, Washington
Zygiella atrica retreat on tombstone     © Laurel Ramseyer Colorful orbweaver Zygiella atrica              © Rod Crawford
ventral view of female Zygiella atrica from Nooksack Elementary School, NE of Everson, Whatcom County, Washington crab spider Philodromus spectabilis on tombstone, Nooksack Cemetery, NE of Everson, Whatcom County, Washington
Ventral view of same female Zygiella       © Rod Crawford Philodromus spectabilis on tombstone           © Laurel Ramseyer
tombstone grave of Ever Everson, Nooksack Cemetery, NE of Everson, Whatcom County, Washington jumping spider Salticus scenicus Salticidae on tombstone, Nooksack Cemetery, NE of Everson, Whatcom County, Washington
Town founder Ever Everson        © Laurel Ramseyer Maybe Everson himself brought in the first Salticus scenicus  © Laurel Ramseyer
orbweaver Araniella displicata on tombstone, Nooksack Cemetery, NE of Everson, Whatcom County, Washington crab spider Philodromus rufus on tombstone, Nooksack Cemetery, NE of Everson, Whatcom County, Washington
Araniella displicata on tombstone     © Laurel Ramseyer Philodromus rufus on tombstone             © Laurel Ramseyer
penultimate male crab spider Xysticus ?cristatus on tombstone, Nooksack Cemetery, NE of Everson, Whatcom County, Washington female orbweaver Xygiella x-notata from Nooksack Elementary School, NE of Everson, Whatcom County, Washington
Xysticus ?cristatus on tombstone       © Laurel Ramseyer Zygiella x-notata from nearby school building              © Laurel Ramseyer
snowberry thicket Symphoricarpos albus near Nooksack Cemetery, NE of Everson, Whatcom County, Washington dry upland grassy field near Nooksack Cemetery, NE of Everson, Whatcom County, Washington
Hard-to-penetrate snowberry thicket      © Rod Crawford Sweeping this field was one of my best habitats           © Rod Crawford
pipeline warning by Breckenridge Creek near Nooksack Cemetery, NE of Everson, Whatcom County, Washington lush riparian meadow by Breckenridge Creek near Nooksack Cemetery, NE of Everson, Whatcom County, Washington
You may strike a gusher if you dig here      © Rod Crawford Lush meadow along Breckenridge Creek          © Rod Crawford
willow leaf litter by Breckenridge Creek near Nooksack Cemetery, NE of Everson, Whatcom County, Washington old willow tree by Breckenridge Creek near Nooksack Cemetery, NE of Everson, Whatcom County, Washington
Willow litter               © Rod Crawford Old Man Willow              © Rod Crawford
fall color on deciduous trees, Nooksack Cemetery, NE of Everson, Whatcom County, Washington bigleaf maple litter, Nooksack Cemetery, NE of Everson, Whatcom County, Washington
Fall color in trees and sky         © Rod Crawford Drifts of maple litter, a little too dry              © Rod Crawford
fern understory, edge of Nooksack Cemetery, NE of Everson, Whatcom County, Washington maple leaf-litter sifting, Nooksack Cemetery, NE of Everson, Whatcom County, Washington
Fern understory on slope to creek           © Rod Crawford Sifting a deep drift of litter                     © Rod Crawford
criss-cross maple branches, Nooksack Cemetery, NE of Everson, Whatcom County, Washington row of bigleaf maple trees below cemetery level, Nooksack Cemetery, NE of Everson, Whatcom County, Washington
Maple branches give criss-cross effect        © Rod Crawford Row of maples below edge of cemetery plateau             © Rod Crawford

At the end of the day, we stopped south of the cemetery, near a road crossing the Sumas River, for pine-cone sampling.

invasive Rubus armeniacus hangs down bank of Sumas River, NE of Everson, Whatcom County, Washington Sumas River, NE of Everson, Whatcom County, Washington
Horrid invasive blackberry on river bank   © Rod Crawford Sumas River             © Rod Crawford
Ponderosa pines on Pass Road, NE of Everson, Whatcom County, Washington pine cones by fence on Pass Road, NE of Everson, Whatcom County, Washington
How nice of them to plant Ponderosa pines        © Rod Crawford How nice of the pines to drop cones on both sides of fence       © Rod Crawford
pine cones along Pass Road, NE of Everson, Whatcom County, Washington dusk on Pass Road, NE of Everson, Whatcom County, Washington, 25 October 2015
Ponderosa cones ready to sample           © Rod Crawford Dusk at the cone-sampling site             © Rod Crawford
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