| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Empetrum nigrum L. |
| Synonyms | Empetrum crassifolium Raf. |
| Empetrum medium Carmich. | |
| Empetrum purpureum Raf. | |
| Habitat | grassland and thickets |
| Altitude | 0-1900m |
| Description | young shoots reddish, leaves alternate, acicular, shiny dark green with revolute margins, flowers minute, 1-2mm long, androgynous, berry black |
| Size | 30-70cm |
| Color | pink, reddish |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | - |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring |
| Territory |
Circumpolar
Europe Northern Europe (Denmark , Finland , Fřroyar , Iceland , Ireland , Norway , Svalbard , Sweden ) Middle Europe (Austria , Belgium , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Netherlands , Poland , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (France , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Albania , Bulgaria , Romania , Yugoslavia ) Eastern Europe (Belarus , Central European Russia , East European Russia , North European Russia , Northwest European Russia , Ukraine ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Kamchatka , Magadan ) Northern America Subarctic America (Aleutian Is. , Alaska , Greenland , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (British Columbia , Manitoba , Saskatchewan ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , New Brunswick , Newfoundland , Nova Scotia , Ontario , Québec ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Oregon , Washington ) North-Central U.S.A. (Minnesota ) Northeastern U.S.A. (Maine , Michigan , New Hampshire , New York , Vermont ) Southwestern U.S.A. (California) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | ERICACEAE
nigrum albidum (V.N.Vassil.) Kuvaev, Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 81(10): 113 (1996)
nigrum androgynum (V.N.Vassil.) Kuvaev, ibid
nigrum asiaticum (Nakai) Kuvaev, ibid.
nigrum caucasicum (Juz.) Kuvaev, ibid
nigrum kardakovii (V.N.Vassil.) Kuvaev, ibid.
nigrum sibiricum (V.N.Vassil.) Kuvaev, ibid.
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