© Graham Day
Map updated: March 2008
| Species Description: |
| A heath-like, low-growing shrub of heaths, moors and bogs, with tiny pink flowers and a blackish berry.
Frequent in upland areas of Northern Ireland (Mournes, Sperrins, Antrim Hills, western Fermanagh etc), but also found on bogs or peaty ground down to sea level in a few places. |
| All names: Empetrum nigrum L.; Empetrum nigrum agg. L. |
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