Black Crowberry
Empetrum nigrum L. - Crowberry familySize
Mature Height: Up to around 3.0 feet
Plant Type: Subshrub, Shrub
Features
Flower Color: Pink, Purple
Conspicuous Flowers: Yes
Bloom Time: Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer
Conditions
Shade Tolerance: Intolerant
Ecosystem Interactions
Pollinators: Larval Host (Butterfly)
Larval Species depending on Black Crowberry: Clossiana freija, Lycaeides argyrognomon nabokovi, Lycaeides idas
Native Range
- USA: Alaska, California, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Vermont, Washington
- CAN: Alberta, British Columbia, Newfoundland, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec, Saskatchewan, Yukon
- DEN: Greenland
Regional Native Status: L48 (N), AK (N), CAN (N), GL (N), SPM (N)
State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.