Empetrum nigrum subsp. nigrum 1753 41% complete

Crowberry

L. (1753). In: Sp. Pl. 1022.


Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Empetrum nigrum subsp. nigrum, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced8 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded15 Not on the record8 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, GBIF
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Bibliography L. (1753). In: Sp. Pl. 1022.
  • L. (1753). In: Sp. Pl. 1022. · GBIF · Reported · 2026-09-05
1 earlier or rejected value
  • Superseded L. (1753). In: Sp. Pl. 1022. · GBIF · Reported · 2026-09-05
Sourced
Phylum Tracheophyta
  • Tracheophyta · GBIF · Reported · 2026-09-05
Sourced
Rank ssp No source recorded
Source not recorded
Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1753 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Crowberry No source recorded
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Observations Subarctic to Subalpine Northern Hemisphere No source recorded
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Morphology
Average height 13 cm
  • 12.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 54 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 68, 164, 468, 500, 547, 898
Differs from sources
Biological type chamaephyte
  • chamaephyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 71, 164, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color purple Differs from sources
Flower conspicuous true No source recorded
Source not recorded
Foliage color green No source recorded
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Foliage texture coarse Sourced
Fruit color black No source recorded
Source not recorded
Fruit conspicuous true No source recorded
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Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Growth form Stoloniferous No source recorded
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Growth habit Subshrub, Shrub No source recorded
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Growth rate Slow No source recorded
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Maximum height 50 cm
  • 50 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 68, 164, 468, 500, 547, 898
Sourced
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration perennial Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity empty
  • 6 / 12 · moist (meso-hygrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
Not on the record
Light empty Not on the record
Nitrogen fixation None
  • None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 39 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 71, 89, 130, 444
Sourced
Ph maximum pH 7.8 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Ph minimum pH 4.3 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Soil nutriments empty
  • 2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
Not on the record
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth empty Not on the record
Other
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record