Empetrum nigrum
From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum): Common evergreen shrub with needle shaped leaves found in muskegs and open subalpine areas at or just above treeline and on rocks at the shore line.
Collections in ARCTOS from throughout the region.
Local Notes
References
Weblinks
- USDAPLANTS page for Empetrum nigrum
- FNA page for Empetrum nigrum "Flowering spring. Exposed, coastal bluffs and sphagnum bogs, windswept southern arctic and alpine tundra and open subalpine and boreal forests and mountain summits;"
- e-FloraBC page for Empetrum nigrum
- PacNW Herbaria Records for Empetrum nigrum
- Search Arctos Database for Empetrum nigrum (Southeast only)
- Search Arctos Database for Empetrum nigrum (entire database)
- Encyclopedia of Life search for Empetrum nigrum
- iNaturalist Observations for Empetrum nigrum in Southeast Alaska
Other References
- Muller: [ssp. nigrum] gen; muskeg, alpine, common [ssp. hermaphroditum] NE; muskeg
- Hall 2010: "Bogs and moist rocky slopes from ea level to alpine. Common."