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Empetrum atropurpureum
Empetrum eamesii
Empetrum atropurpureum/Empetrum eamesii complex
Empetrum hermaphroditum
Empetrum nigrum

Empetrum atropurpureum Fernald & Wiegand  -  Purple Crowberry - [NF, LAB - RARE]

Pond Island, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland. Shore heath barrens. July 18, 2001. [Digital - John Maunder]

Berries and Leaves
Berries and Leaves
Berries and Leaves

Pigeon Island, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland. Shore heath barrens. July 18, 2001. [Digital - John Maunder]

Extreme Closeup of Berries and Leaves
Berries and Leaves
Berries and Leaves

Burnt Cape. West side, south of the Big Oven. Limestone terraces, near coastal plateau. July 21, 2005. [Digital - John Maunder]

Berries and Leaves
Berries and Leaves

Cap Crow, Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon, Québec. July 27, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]

Berries and Leaves
Berries and Leaves

Pilley's Island, Newfoundland. Rock outcrop above community. August 7, 2001. [Transparency - Nathalie Djan-Chékar]

Whole Plants [left], with Empetrum nigrum [right]

Goose Cape Peninsula, Newfoundland [no other data]. August 9, 1999. [Transparency - René Charest]

Berries and Leaves

Nippers Harbour, Newfoundland. Noble Cove picnic area. Coastal heath. August 11, 2001. [Transparency - Nathalie Djan-Chékar]

Fruiting Branches

St. John's, Newfoundland. Shea Heights. Near communications towers on top of Southside Hills. Alpine heath barrens. September 7, 2007. [Digital - John Maunder]

Berry
Berries
Berries
Berries
Berry and Leaves
Berry and Leaves
Berries and Leaves
Fruiting Stem
Fruiting Stem
Fruiting Branches
Leaves
Leafy Branch
Leafy Branch
Leafy Branch
Leafy Branch
Leafy Foliage
Leafy Foliage
Plants in Habitat

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Empetrum eamesii Fernald & Wiegand  -  Pink Crowberry [NF, LAB]

Hawke Hill, Newfoundland. Alpine heath barrens. May 5, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Expanding Male Flower Parts
Maturing Male Flower Parts
Maturing Male Flower Parts
Plant with Male Flower Parts
Plant with Male Flower Parts longer view

Hawke Hill, Newfoundland. Alpine heath barrens. May 25, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]

Stamen
Stamen
Stamen
Stamens
Stamens
Male Flower Parts
Male Flower Parts
Male Flower Parts
Male Flower Parts and Branch
Female Flower Parts
Female Flower Parts
Female Flower parts
Female Flower Parts and Branch
Female Flower Parts and Branch
Twig
Twig
Leaf Tip
Leaf

Hawke Hill, Newfoundland. Alpine heath barrens. June 6, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Developing Berries
Developing Berries

Hawke Hill, Newfoundland. Alpine heath barrens. June 12, 2005. [Digital - John Maunder]

Fruiting Stem
Fruiting Stem
Leaves and Twig

Anniopsquotch Mountains, Newfoundland. Overlooking Burgeo Highway. Alpine heath. July 19, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]

Berries and Leaves
Whole Plant

Hawke Hill, Newfoundland. Alpine heath barrens. July 22, 2001. [Digital - John Maunder]

Closeup of Berries and Leaves

Cape St. Mary's, Newfoundland. Alpine heath barrens above cliffs. July 26, 2001. [Digital - John Maunder]

Extreme Closeup of Berry and Leaves
Closeup of Berries and Leaves
Closeup of Berries and Leaves
Berries and Leaves

Twillingate. Shore heath barrens, below lighthouse. Limestone area. July 27, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Berries and Leaves
Berries and Leaves
Berries and Leaves
Berries and Leaves

Red Cliffs, just east of L'Anse-au-Loup, Labrador. Battery Trail. Coastal heath. August 4, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]

Whole Plant

Hawke Hill, Newfoundland. Alpine heath barrens. August 10, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Whole Plant

Northern Peninsula, Newfoundland [no further data]. August 17, 1999. [Transparency - René Charest]

Berries and Leaves

St. John's, Newfoundland. Shea Heights. Near communications towers on top of Southside Hills. Alpine heath barrens. September 7, 2007. [Digital - John Maunder]

Berries
Berries
Berries
Fruiting Branches
Fruiting Branches
Fruiting Branches
Fruiting Branches
Leaves and Stem
Leaves and Stem

Hawke Hill, Newfoundland. Alpine heath barrens. September 7, 2007. [Digital - John Maunder]

Berry
Berry
Berry
Berry
Fruiting Branch
Fruiting Branches
Leaves and Stem
Leaves and Stem
Leaves and Stem
Leaves
Leaves
Branch Tip

Hawke Hill, Newfoundland. Alpine heath barrens. September 8, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Berry and Leaves

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Empetrum atropurpureum/Empetrum eamsii complex  -  Purple/Pink Crowberries - [NF]

St. John's, Newfoundland. Shea Heights. Near communications towers on top of Southside Hills. Alpine heath barrens. September 7, 2007. [Digital - John Maunder]

Berry
Berry
Berries
Berries
Berries
Berries
Berries
Fruiting Branches
Fruiting Branches
Fruiting Branches
Fruiting Branches
Fruiting Branches
Fruiting Branches
Leaves and Stem
Leaves and Stem
Leaves and Stem
Leafy Branches
Leafy Branches
Whole Plant in Fruit
Habitat

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Empetrum hermaphroditum Lange ex Hagerup  -  Hermaphroditic Black Crowberry - [NF, LAB]

Pond Island, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland. Shore heath barrens. July 18, 2001. [Digital - John Maunder]

Closeup of Berries and Leaves
Berries and Leaves
Berries and Leaves

Anniopsquotch Mountains, Newfoundland. Overlooking Burgeo Highway. Alpine heath. July 19, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]

Berries, Showing Stamens Beneath

Cartwright, Labrador. Radarbase Hill. Alpine heath. August 2, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]

Berries and Leaves
Berries and Leaves
Berries and Leaves
Berries and Leaves

Cobbler's Island, Brighton, Newfoundland. Low heath. August 7, 2001. [Transparency - Nathalie Djan-Chékar]

Whole Plant

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Empetrum nigrum L.  -  Black Crowberry, Blackberry (nNF), Curlewberry - [NF, LAB]

Bay Roberts North, Newfoundland. Shore trail. Heath. April 24, 2005. [Digital - John Maunder]

Leaves and Twig

Pouch Cove, Newfoundland. Shoe Cove section of East Coast Trail. Shore heath barrens. April 27-29, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Young Male Flowers
Expanding Male Flowers
Expanding Male Flowers
Maturing Male Flowers
Maturing Male Flowers
Maturing Male Flowers
Maturing Male Flowers

Pouch Cove, Newfoundland. Shoe Cove section of East Coast Trail. Shore heath barrens. May 5-6, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]

Stamen, Extreme Closeup
Stamen, Extreme Closeup
Stamens, Extreme Closeup
Male Flowers, Closeup
Male Flowers
Male Flowers
Male Flowers
Male Flowers
Female Flower, Closeup

Pouch Cove, Newfoundland. Shoe Cove section of East Coast Trail. Shore heath barrens. May 6, 2007. [Digital - John Maunder]

Male Flowers
Male Flowers
Male Flowers
Male Flowers
Male Flowers
Male Flowers
Male Flowers
Male Flowering Branch
Stem and Leaves
Female Flower

Pouch Cove, Newfoundland. Shoe Cove section of East Coast Trail. Shore heath barrens. May 12, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Female Flower
Female Flower, Very Early Berry
Female Flowers, Very Early Berries
Flowering Branches, Female Plant
Flowering Branches, Female Plant, Longer View

Pouch Cove, Newfoundland. Shoe Cove section of East Coast Trail. Shore heath barrens. May 12, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]

Male Flowers

Near top of Clarke's Beach Mountain, Newfoundland. Rocky outcrop above fir/white spruce, dwarf woodland. May 19, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Extreme Closeup, Male Flowers

Pouch Cove, Newfoundland. Shoe Cove section of East Coast Trail. Shore heath barrens. May 27, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Extreme Closeup, Female Flower, Berry Developing
Extreme Closeup, Female Flowers, Berries Developing
Extreme Closeup, Female Flowers, Berries Developing

Mistaken Point, Newfoundland. Shore heath barrens. July 24, 2001. [Digital - John Maunder]

Empetrum Heath "Wave Forest"!

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