Specimen Label Details, UVU Herbarium

Empetraceae ¦ Empetrum ¦ Empetrum nigrum ¦ 09767

Label

Accession No.	09767
Family	Empetraceae
Species	Empetrum nigrum L.
Subspecies	ssp. hermaphroditum (Lange ex Hagerup) Bocher
Common name	"black crowberry"
Collector Information	J.G. Harris (3583) 21 July 2004 , with D.L. Taylor
Geography	Canada, Yukon Territory,
Lat./Long.	64° 32' 48" N, 138° 13 ' 57" W at 3936 feet (1200 m)
Locality	Ogilvie Mts, Dempster Highway at km 77.
Ecology	disturbed area along roadside, tundra community.

Taxonomy

Synonyms recognized by ITIS (bold taxon is currently accepted):

     Empetrum nigrum ssp. hermaphroditum (Lange ex Hagerup) Böcher
     Empetrum eamesii ssp. hermaphroditum (Lange ex Hagerup) D. Löve
     Empetrum hermaphroditum Lange ex Hagerup

Common Name(s): black crowberry.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=524044, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Dilleniidae
                            Order: Ericales
                                Family: Empetraceae
                                    Genus: Empetrum
                                        Species: Empetrum nigrum
                                            Subspecies: Empetrum nigrum ssp. hermaphroditum

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):

Images of other samples of the same species:

09803

Nearby Accessions

Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.

09772 Erigeron acris ssp. politus "bitter fleabane" same section
09731 Erigeron purpuratus    "purple fleabane" 1.5 mi. S
09769 Erigeron purpuratus    "purple fleabane" same section
09773 Ledum decumbens    same section
09774 Mertensia paniculata var. paniculata "northern bluebells" 1.5 mi. S
09768 Polytrichum piliferum    "polytrichum moss" same section
09770 Saxifraga tricuspidata    "three-toothed saxifrage" same section
09775 Stellaria longipes    "meadow starwort" 1.5 mi. S

Accession	Name	Dist., dir.
09772	Erigeron acris ssp. politus "bitter fleabane"	same section
09731	Erigeron purpuratus "purple fleabane"	1.5 mi. S
09769	Erigeron purpuratus "purple fleabane"	same section
09773	Ledum decumbens	same section
09774	Mertensia paniculata var. paniculata "northern bluebells"	1.5 mi. S
09768	Polytrichum piliferum "polytrichum moss"	same section
09770	Saxifraga tricuspidata "three-toothed saxifrage"	same section
09775	Stellaria longipes "meadow starwort"	1.5 mi. S

Locale

Nearby locations from the USGS Geographic Name Information System (GNIS) database:

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name

Links

Taxon Links for species Empetrum nigrum L.

CalPhotos, Berkeley Digital Library Project

CNPS Manual of California Vegetation Database

USDA Plants database

University of Washington Herbarium: Plants of Washington (images)

Texas A&M University: Image Library (images)

Lady Bird Johnson's Wildflower Center

Google Images

External link to this species in the UVU Herbarium:
http://herbarium.UVU.edu/virtual/search.asp?taxon=Empetrum+nigrum

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