Greer, H. 1981 10 July among the sage is caused by the rabbits. (continued) Fort Rock is a large two sickle shaped plug that juts out of flat sage country. As one drives on Hwy 31 from Ja Pine, the landscape changes from spruce-fir (?) to yellow pine to pinon/juniper on slopes to sage flats, and the area around Fort Rock is largely uninterrupted sage flats w/ very sandy soil. There are occasional lava rock outcrops and a few other plants (eg. Indian paintbrush). Late in the afternoon we stopped ~1 mi N of Fort Rock, to turn numerous boards just N of a hay field but saw only uta and/or sceloporus. I inadvertently smashed an ad 5. gracilis that was in a large, very old log I tore open; collected it. Also stopped 5.0 mi NNW Fort Rock PO but saw nothing. Went to Ja Pine for supper and a motel. 11 July 5.0 mi NNW Fort Rock Post Office, Jaholo, Oregon Arrived here ~1000 hr to find ground hot, though air still cold. Walked around to the N of the road til ~noon, then S off it for ~30 minutes. The general area is sketched here: