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SPECIES: Empetrum nigrum | Black Crowberry 



ABBREVIATION : 
EMPNIG

SYNONYMS : 
   Empetrum hermaphroditum (Lange) Hagerup


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   EMNI


COMMON NAMES : 
   black crowberry
   crowbery
   curlewberry


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of black crowberry is Empetrum
nigrum L. [2,13,18].  There are two recognized subspecies, both having a
circumpolar distribution:  Empetrum nigrum ssp. nigrum with unisexual
flowers and Empetrum nigrum ssp. hermaphroditum with bisexual flowers
[19].


LIFE FORM : 
Shrub

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Robin F. Matthews, March 1992


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Matthews, Robin F. 1992. Empetrum nigrum. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Species: Empetrum nigrum | Black Crowberry