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Red Crowberry
Red crowberry is a common name for several species of plants in the genus ''Empetrum'' bearing red berries, and may refer to: *''Empetrum eamesii'', native to northeastern North America *''Empetrum rubrum ''Empetrum rubrum'', known as red crowberry or diddle-dee (Chilean Spanish: '' Murtilla de Magallanes''), is a species of plant in the family Ericaceae with a distributional range in Chile from Talca (35°S) to Cape Horn (55°S); in areas of adj ...
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Empetrum
''Empetrum'' is a genus of three species of dwarf evergreen shrubs in the heath family Ericaceae. They are commonly known as crowberries and bear edible fruit. They are commonly found in the northern hemisphere, from temperate to subarctic climates, and also in the Southern Andes of South America and on the South Atlantic islands of South Georgia, the Falklands and Tristan da Cunha. The typical habitat is on moorlands, tundra, muskeg and spruce forests. They are also often found in areas of coastal exposure on the sand dunes and dune slacks. Species of ''Empetrum'' include: '' E. nigrum'' (crowberry or black crowberry) and its tetraploid subspecies ''E. nigrum'' ssp. ''hermaphroditum'', '' E. eamesii'' (rockberry or purple crowberry) and '' E. rubrum'' (red crowberry). All are evergreen mat forming shrubs, with small, light green needle-like leaves 3–10 mm long. The flowers are small and either bisexual or dioecious. The fruit is a fairly dry berry. The plant has slender, ...
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Empetrum Eamesii
''Empetrum eamesii'', common name purple crowberry, is a plant native to eastern Canada and the northeastern United States. It has been reported from sand dunes, rocky outcrops, and alpine heath in Québec, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York State, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Minnesota (Cook County), Newfoundland & Labrador and St. Pierre & Miquelon. All the US and some of the Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ... material belongs to ''Empetrum eamesii'' subsp. ''atropurpureum'' (Fernald & Wiegand) D.Löve which has been regarded as a separate species by some authorities but not others. ''Empetrum eamesii'' is a low-lying, evergreen shrub with prostrate stems, forming a mat on the ground. Leaves are alternate ...
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