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PLANTS

Black crowberry

Empetrum nigrum

Plants
NativeShrubPerennialPurple flowers
Black crowberry, photo 1 of 5
Black crowberry, In flower
Black crowberry, In fruit
30 cmHeight

Perennial shrub reaching 30 cm. Grows in mountains.

There are 1,925 observations of Black crowberry in Québec, mostly in Côte-Nord, Nord-du-Québec and Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine, and it has been reported in 8 of the 17 regions. They peak in July and August and become rare from November to April.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Côte-Nord1,306
  2. Nord-du-Québec235
  3. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine158
  4. Bas-Saint-Laurent105
  5. Capitale-Nationale66
  6. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean53
  7. Chaudière-Appalaches1
  8. Laurentides1

Habitat

MountainPoutineExtraFromage

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