Ericaceae FAMILY
Empetrum nigrum
Empetrum nigrum
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Empetrum nigrum is a densely branched, prostrate, trailing, evergreen shrub with stems around 50 - 100cm long[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of materials. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental, where it can be used as a ground cover in exposed conditions.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeCosmopolitan through the subarctic to subalpine regions of the northern Hemisphere
HabitatMoors and mountain tops, and in the drier parts of blanket bogs[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ].