Empetrum nigrum
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| Black crowberry | |
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| Black crowberry growing in a raised bog | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Empetrum |
| Species: | E. nigrum |
| Binomial name | |
| Empetrum nigrum L.[1] |
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Empetrum nigrum is a species of crowberry known as black crowberry which is native to most northern areas of the northern hemisphere, as well as the Falkland Islands in the southern hemisphere.[2][3]
In gardening, it can be grown in acidic soils in shady, moist areas. It can be used for the edible berries, for a purple dye, or as a ground cover.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Sp. Pl. 2: 1022. 1753 [1 May 1753] "Plant Name Details for Empetrum nigrum". IPNI. http://www.ipni.org:80/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do;jsessionid=F2CFBFD7E35FC281DC585FFC6C2465B8?id=324780-1. Retrieved December 1, 2009.
- ^ "Empetrum nigrum L.". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?15127.
- ^ "Empetrum nigrum L.". PLANTS. http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=EMNI.
- ^ "Empetrum nigrum - L.". Plants for a Future. http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Empetrum+nigrum.
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