 The black @-@ tailed jackrabbit can occupy a wide range of habitats as long as diversity in plant species exists . It requires mixed grasses , forbs , and shrubs for food , and shrubs or small trees for cover . It prefers moderately open areas without dense understory growth and is seldom found in closed @-@ canopy habitats . For example , in California , black @-@ tailed jackrabbits are plentiful in open chamise ( Ademostoma fasciculatum ) and Ceanothus spp. chaparral interspersed with grasses , but does not occupy closed @-@ canopy chaparral . Similarly , the black @-@ tailed jackrabbit occupies clearcuts and early seral coniferous forest , but not closed @-@ canopy coniferous forest . 
 The black @-@ tailed jackrabbit can occupy a wide range of habitats as long as diversity in plant species <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>exists</mark></a> . It <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>requires</mark></a> mixed grasses , forbs , and shrubs for food , and shrubs or small trees for cover . It <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>prefers</mark></a> moderately open areas without dense understory growth and is seldom found in closed @-@ canopy habitats . For example , in California , black @-@ tailed jackrabbits are plentiful in open chamise ( Ademostoma fasciculatum ) and Ceanothus spp. chaparral interspersed with grasses , but <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>does</mark></a> not occupy closed @-@ canopy chaparral . Similarly , the black @-@ tailed jackrabbit <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>occupies</mark></a> clearcuts and early seral coniferous forest , but not closed @-@ canopy coniferous forest . 
The black @-@ tailed jackrabbit can occupy a wide range of habitats as long as diversity in plant species exist . It require mixed grasses , forbs , and shrubs for food , and shrubs or small trees for cover . It prefer moderately open areas w/o dense understory growth and is seldom found in closed @-@ canopy habitats . fir example , in cali , black @-@ tailed jackrabbits r plentiful in open chamise ( Ademostoma fasciculatum ) and Ceanothus spp. chaparral interspersed w/ grasses , but do not occupy closed @-@ canopy chaparral . Similarly , the black @-@ tailed jackrabbit occupy clearcuts and early seral coniferous forest , but not closed @-@ canopy coniferous forest .