Empetrum nigrum
Black Crowberry, Crakeberry
Other regional names: Crowberry +2 more
- Crowberry
- Crowberry Agg.
- Curlew Berry
Also known as: Empetrum eamesii subsp. eamesii +6 more
- Empetrum eamesii subsp. eamesii
- Empetrum nigrum f. nigrum
- Empetrum nigrum var. asiaticum Nakai
- Empetrum nigrum var. nigrum
- Empetrum subholarcticum var. baicalense V.N.Vassil.
- Empetrum subholarcticum var. glabrum V.N.Vassil.
- Empetrum subholarcticum var. sachalinense V.N.Vassil.
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Ericaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a subshrub.
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Empetrum nigrum (commonly known as Black Crowberry or Crakeberry) is a shrub within the Ericaceae family. It is found natively in Temperate Asia, Europe, and North America. Within its native range, this species is primarily associated with temperate conditions. There are naturally occurring subspecies of this species, which are linked below.
Macro Climate
Temperate
Plant Type
Shrub
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TEMPERATE, EUROPE, NORTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Caucasus, China, Eastern Asia, Eastern Canada, Eastern Europe, Middle Asia, Middle Europe, Mongolia, Northeastern U.S.A., Northern Europe, Northwestern U.S.A., Russian Far East, Siberia, Southeastern Europe, Southwestern Europe, Southwestern U.S.A., Subarctic America, Western Asia, Western Canada
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Russia, China North-Central, Chita, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greenland, Iceland, Inner Mongolia, Ireland, Irkutsk, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Michigan, Mongolia, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, Newfoundland, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Oregon, Poland, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Romania, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, Spain, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Tuva, Ukraine, Vermont, Washington, West Siberia, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon
Introduced Range
An “Introduced” distribution indicates that the plant is recorded outside its native range in that region as a result of deliberate or accidental human introduction. Introduced records may include casual, naturalized or invasive populations, but do not include plants that are only cultivated or planted without self-sustaining populations.
Botanical Countries (Non-Native)
Minnesota
Subspecies, Varieties & Forms