Empetrum nigrum L.
(Crowberry, Crowberry Agg.)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Empetrum nigrum ssp hermaphroditum Hermaphrodite Crowberry, Mountain Crowberry					Subspecies		4 images
Empetrum nigrum ssp nigrum Crowberry					Subspecies		1 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Empetrum nigrum (Crowberry, Crowberry Agg.)
Family	ERICACEAE (heaths, heathers, rhododendrons, azaleas & wintergeeens)
Order	ERICALES (heaths, heathers, azaleas, primroses, loosestrifes and balsams)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Empetrum nigrum is also a member of:
Woody plants - subshrubs (via Ericaceae)
Broadleaved shrubs - broadleaved shrubs (via Ericaceae)
Endomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs - endomycorrhizal or endotrophic mycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs (via Ericaceae)
Endomycorrhizal trees and shrubs - endomycorrhizal or endotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubs (via Endomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Broadleaved trees and shrubs - broadleaved trees and shrubs (via Endomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Xylophytes - broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers (via Broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Endomycorrhizal plants - plants that form endomycorrhiza (via Endomycorrhizal trees and shrubs)
Trees and shrubs - trees and shrubs, including conifers (via Endomycorrhizal trees and shrubs)
Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants - trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers (via Broadleaved shrubs)

Records of Empetrum nigrum (Crowberry, Crowberry Agg.) :
1: Empetrum nigrum (Crowberry, Crowberry Agg.)
3 Jul 2005	OSGR: SO23	51° 60’ N, 3° 10’ W	Vice County: Brecon (VC 42)	Wales


2: Empetrum nigrum (Crowberry, Crowberry Agg.)
3 Jul 2005	OSGR: SO23	51° 60’ N, 3° 10’ W	Vice County: Brecon (VC 42)	Wales


3: Empetrum nigrum (Crowberry, Crowberry Agg.)
2 Jul 2005	OSGR: SO23	51° 60’ N, 3° 10’ W	Vice County: Brecon (VC 42)	Wales
by hill stream, with a few berries

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Rich, T.G.C., Corner, R.W.M. & Swan, G.A.		Empetrum nigrum	Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012

Empetrum nigrum (Crowberry, Crowberry Agg.) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Empetrum nigrum (Crowberry, Crowberry Agg.)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 14 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Empetrum nigrum (Crowberry, Crowberry Agg.)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Empetrum nigrum is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)