| Scientific Name: | Empetrum nigrum |
| Common Name: | crowberry, crawberry |
| Family Name: | Ericaceae |
| Origin: | B.C. east of Cascades, B.C. west of Cascades, Canada - northern, U.S. - northwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 2: (-46 to -40 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen, Ground cover |
| Mature Size: | 0.1 - 0.2m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Irregular, Spreading |
| Form: | Creeping / Mat-like |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Attract birds, Attract butterflies, Ground cover, Wetland - bogs |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic |
| Leaves: | Needle-like, Alternate, Succulent, Linear, Entire |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, Purple, Dark-red, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Drupe, Edible, Purple, Black, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Habit creeping, matted, to 15cm tall; branches to 40cm long; leaves needle-like, to 8mm long, edges rolled under forming a deep groove; fruit, black, berry-like drupes, with 6-9 white pyrenes. | |