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Empetrum nigrum, crowberry, black crowberry, or, in western Alaska, blackberry, is a flowering plant species in the heather family Ericaceae with a near circumboreal distribution in the Northern Hemisphere. It is usually dioecious, but there is a... Wikipedia
Scientific name: Empetrum nigrum
Family: Ericaceae
Empetrum nigrum is a low growing, evergreen shrub with a creeping habit. ... The leaves are 3–6 millimetres (1⁄8–1⁄4 inch) long, arranged alternately along the ...
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Empetrum nigrum, crowberry, black crowberry, or, in western Alaska, blackberry, is a flowering plant species in the heather family Ericaceae with a near ...
Low evergreen mat-forming shrub of rocky shores and fens in the Upper Peninsula; leaves crowded, linear, very short (> 1 cm), with strongly rolled-under margins ...
Climate, Elevation: Exposed coastal heathlands and bogs. Subalpine and alpine zones. Local occurrence: ...
Empetrum nigrum is an evergreen Shrub growing to 0.3 m (1ft) by 0.5 m (1ft 8in). See above for USDA hardiness. It is hardy to UK zone 3 and is not frost ...
Oct 25, 2019 · Empetrum nigrum ssp. hermaphroditum occurs in the northern parts of Europe and Asia as well as Greenland and eastern North America, south to ...
Prefers loamy or clay soils. Grows poorly in sandy soils. Natural Setting.