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Black Crowberry
Black Crowberry
Empetrum nigrum
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Decades
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Arctic tundra
Range
Northern Hemisphere
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Camouflage
Status
Common

About

A mat-forming dwarf shrub of arctic and subarctic heaths, its wiry stems packed with needle-like leaves. In late summer the plant is studded with glossy jet-black berries that sustain grouse, foxes, and bears through harsh winters.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Ericaceae
Genus
Empetrum
Species
Empetrum nigrum