PLANTS Profile for Empetrum eamesii ssp. atropurpureum (purple crowberry)

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Empetrum eamesii Fernald & Wiegand ssp. atropurpureum (Fernald & Wiegand) D. Löve
purple crowberry

Symbol:

EMEAA

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Empetraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

More Information:

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Empetrum eamesii Fernald & Wiegand ssp. atropurpureum (Fernald & Wiegand) D. Löve

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Synonyms:
Empetrum eamesii Fernald & Wiegand ssp. atropurpureum (Fernald & Wiegand) D. Löve

	EMAT	Empetrum atropurpureum Fernald & Wiegand
	EMNIA	Empetrum nigrum L. var. atropurpureum (Fernald & Wiegand) B. Boivin
	EMNIP	Empetrum nigrum L. var. purpureum (Raf.) A. DC.
	EMRUA	Empetrum rubrum Vahl var. atropurpureum (Fernald & Wiegand) R. Good

Native Status:
Empetrum eamesii Fernald & Wiegand ssp. atropurpureum (Fernald & Wiegand) D. Löve


View Distribution	Native Introduced

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (ME, MI, MN, NH, NY, VT), CAN (LB, NF, NS, PE, QC)

Related Taxa:
Empetrum eamesii Fernald & Wiegand ssp. atropurpureum (Fernald & Wiegand) D. Löve

View 3 genera in Empetraceae, 2 species in Empetrum, 2 subspecies in Empetrum eamesii Fernald & Wiegand

Classification:
Empetrum eamesii Fernald & Wiegand ssp. atropurpureum (Fernald & Wiegand) D. Löve

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Ericales
Family	Empetraceae – Crowberry family
Genus	Empetrum L. – crowberry
Species	Empetrum eamesii Fernald & Wiegand – purple crowberry
Subspecies	Empetrum eamesii Fernald & Wiegand ssp. atropurpureum (Fernald & Wiegand) D. Löve – purple crowberry

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Empetrum eamesii Fernald & Wiegand ssp. atropurpureum (Fernald & Wiegand) D. Löve

This plant and the related entities and synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Minnesota:
Empetrum eamesii
purple crowberry		Endangered
New Hampshire:
Empetrum atropurpureum
purple crowberry		Threatened
New York:
purple crowberry		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Empetrum eamesii Fernald & Wiegand ssp. atropurpureum (Fernald & Wiegand) D. Löve

Empetrum rubrum var. atropurpureum:

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC

FAC*

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Empetrum eamesii Fernald & Wiegand ssp. atropurpureum (Fernald & Wiegand) D. Löve

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 524042.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 04:20 PM CDT