Wolfsau 1938 4 mi. SW Prineville, 3300 ft., Crook Co., Oregon me 17 (cont.) Branches extend within 1 ft. of the ground in most cases. The soil is sandy but not a very loose sand as one might find on a desert lacking vegetation. The low growth consists of herbaceous and shrubby plants. The herbaceous growth is mainly grass, but found also are composites, mustard, and horehound in abundance. This growth varies in height from a few inches to 18 inches. It does not cover the ground completely but is spotty, thereby leaving bare, sandy places in abundance. Not commonly, but in several sections there are rocks fairly deeply imbedded in the soil and few can be turned over. They are not in rock piles. The shrubby growth is almost entirely Artemesia and Cryptanthus ranging in height from 6" to 36" inches. The shrubs may form small clumps, or be standing singly surrounded by the lower herbaceous growths; but in either