| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Empetrum nigrum L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 1022 (1753) |
| Native Range | Subarctic and Temperate Northern Hemisphere |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| 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 | subshrub |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Chamaetaxus nigra (L.) Bubani Empetrum arcticum V.N.Vassil. Empetrum crassifolium Raf. Empetrum eamesii ssp. hermaphroditum (Hagerup) D.Löve Empetrum hermaphroditum Hagerup Empetrum hermaphroditum var. americanum V.N.Vassil. Empetrum medium Carmich. Empetrum nigrum f. ciliatum Jordal Empetrum nigrum f. cylindricum Lepage Empetrum nigrum var. hermaphroditum (Hagerup) T.Sorensen Empetrum nigrum f. hermaphroditum (Hagerup) Lange Empetrum nigrum ssp. hermaphroditum (Hagerup) Böcher Empetrum nigrum f. leucocarpum Asch. ex Neuman Empetrum nigrum var. leucocarpum (Asch. ex Neuman) Hegi Empetrum nigrum f. purpureum (Raf.) Fernald Empetrum nigrum var. purpureum (Raf.) A.DC. Empetrum procumbens Gilib. Empetrum purpureum Raf. Empetrum scoticum R.Thomps. |
| Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (DEN Denmark, FIN Finland, FOR Fřroyar, ICE Iceland, IRE Ireland, NOR Norway, SVA Svalbard, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, BGM Belgium, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, NET Netherlands, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (BLR Belarus, RUC Central European Russia, RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia, RUW Northwest European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NBR New Brunswick, NFL Newfoundland, NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (MIN Minnesota) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (MAI Maine, MIC Michigan, NWH New Hampshire, NWY New York, VER Vermont) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |