 The black @-@ tailed jackrabbit occupies plant communities with a mixture of shrubs , grasses , and forbs . <unk> @-@ herb mosaics are preferred over pure stands of shrubs or herbs . Black @-@ tailed jackrabbit populations are common in sagebrush ( <unk> spp . ) , <unk> ( <unk> tridentata ) , and other desert <unk> ; <unk> , <unk> , and mixed @-@ grass <unk> ; desert grassland ; open @-@ canopy chaparral ; oak ( Quercus spp . ) , and <unk> @-@ <unk> ( Pinus @-@ <unk> spp . ) woodlands ; and early seral ( succeeding each other ) , <unk> to mid @-@ elevation coniferous forests . It is also common in and near croplands , especially <unk> ( <unk> <unk> ) fields . 
