Ericaceae
Black crowberry
Empetrum nigrum
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Empetrum
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Common names
By language (16)
- Belarusian
- Багнаўка, Багноўка
- Chinese
- 岩高兰
- Czech
- Šicha černá
- Danish
- Kragebær, Sortebær
- Dutch
- Kraaihei
- English
- Black crowberry, Crowberry
- French
- Camarine noire
- German
- Schwarze Krähenbeere
- Japanese
- セイヨウガンコウラン
- Russian
- Водяника, Вороника чёрная, Шикша чёрная
- se
- Máttačuopmajas, Máttačáhppesmuorji, Vuoražasmuorji, Vuorčámuorji, Čuopmajas
- sjd
- Чӯммнэшш
- sje
- Vuarrtjamuärrje
- sma
- Gaaranassen-muerjie, Goerhpen-muerjie, Kreeke, Krijke
- smn
- Čapismyerji, Čyemenjâs
- Welsh
- Creiglusen creiglus
Synonyms
- Chamaetaxus nigra (L.) Bubani
- Empetrum erectum Loefl.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: B.gliwa, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Abuluntu, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.