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Empetrum

not marked as a favorite taxon Empetrum nigrum Linnaeus. Common name: Black Crowberry. Phenology: May-Nov. Habitat: Acid sands, sea cliffs, northwards in a wide variety of habitats. Distribution: NY (Long Island, Suffolk County), northwards; also w. North America; Eurasia. Empetrum nigrum was legitimately collected from as far south as sea cliffs in Suffolk County, NY by E. Miller in 1924. These sea cliffs apparently eroded and fell into the ocean (Steve Young, pers. comm., 2022). In NY it now only occurs in the High Peaks region of the Adirondacks.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = F, FNA8, G, K4, Mi, NE, NY; = Empetrum nigrum L. ssp. nigrum; > Empetrum nigrum L. ssp. hermaphroditum (Hagerup) T.J.Sørensen — Can; > Empetrum nigrum L. ssp. nigrum — Can; > Empetrum nigrum L. var. hermaphroditum (Hagerup) T.J.Sørensen — C. Basionym: Empetrum nigrum L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Empetrum nigrum - FNA8

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Northcentral & Northeast: FAC

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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