Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Empetrum eamesii Fernald & Wiegand |
Bibliography | Rhodora 15: 215 (1913) |
Native Range | e. Canada |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sands and heaths |
Altitude | 0-900m |
Description | branchlets basally white tomentose, eglandular, leaves linear, ascendent, 4-5mm, berry rose or red, translucent, 3-5mm |
Size | 15-35cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and in fall; layering in spring |
Synonyms | Empetrum nigrum var. eamesii (Fernald & Wiegand) B.Boivin Empetrum rubrum ssp. eamesii (Fernald & Wiegand) R.D.Good Empetrum rubrum var. eamesii (Fernald & Wiegand) Cronquist |
Territory | 7 Northern America 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NFL Newfoundland, NSC Nova Scotia, PEI Prince Edward I., QUE Québec) |