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Black Crowberry

Empetrum nigrum

5,057Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
54Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan132
Feb216
Mar181
Apr228
May478
Jun704
Jul891
Aug966
Sep488
Oct323
Nov185
Dec70

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland908
2Perth and Kinross Scotland257
3Sheffield England256
4Moray Scotland231
5North Yorkshire England191
6Aberdeenshire Scotland170
7Argyll and Bute Scotland129
8Powys Wales120
9Cumbria England102
10Wrexham Wales81
11Worcestershire England78
12Kirklees England70
13Stirling Scotland58
14Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland51
15Dumfries and Galloway Scotland49
2,460 England2,023 Scotland306 Wales37 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 54 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,057
Peak month
August
Counties with records
54
Scientific name
Empetrum nigrum
Also known as
Crowberry
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
14,576
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Ericaceae
Genus
Empetrum
Name with authority
Empetrum nigrum L.
Contributing datasets
37

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8925249