Wild Wonders of Europe / Cairns / Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum hermaphroditum) with berries, Sarek National Park, Laponia World Heritage Site, Lapland, Sweden, September 2008

Werner Bollmann / Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum), Lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) and Black Bearberry (Arctostaphylos alpina) Rukatunturi, Finland, September.

Mike Read / Black-throated finch (Melanodera melanodera melanodera) perched on Diddle-dee (Empetrum rubrum) Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands, November.

Nick Upton / Portuguese Crowberry (Corema album) bushes with edible white drupes growing on sand dunes, Southeastern Alentejo and Costa Vicentina National Park, Algarve, Portugal, August 2013.

Nick Upton / Portuguese Crowberry (Corema album) with edible white drupes growing on sand dunes, Southeastern Alentejo and Costa Vicentina National Park, Algarve, Portugal, August 2013.

Nick Upton / Portuguese Crowberry (Corema album) with edible white drupes growing on sand dunes, Southeastern Alentejo and Costa Vicentina National Park, Algarve, Portugal, August 2013.

Nick Upton / Portuguese Crowberry (Corema album) bushes with edible white drupes growing on sand dunes overlooking Praia do Bordeira beach and River Bordeira, Southeastern Alentejo and Costa Vicentina National Par...

Brent Stephenson / Balsam bog (Bolax gummifera) and Diddle-dee (Empetrum rubrum) growing amongst tussocks on quartzite rock, Gypsy Cove, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic, January.

Gerrit Vyn / White-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) foraging on crowberry. Seward Peninsula, Alaska. June.

Erlend Haarberg / Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum) with ripe berries growing around fallen tree trunk, Ovre-Pasvik National Park, Finnmark, Norway, August

Laurie Campbell / Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum) fruit, Sutherland, Scotland, July

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lesniewski / Black Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum) with drops of dew. Bieszczady, Carpathian Mountains, Poland, September.

Oriol Alamany / Diddledee / Crowberry (Empetrum rubrum) berries growing in a rock scree, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile, January

Oriol Alamany / Crowberry / Diddledee bush with berries (Empetrum rubrum) near Laguna Torre, Los Glaciares National Park, Patagonia, Argentina, January 2006

Robert Thompson / Crowberry {Empetrum nigrum} Tullagh Point, Malin Peninsula, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, July

Robert Thompson / Crowberry {Empetrum nigrum} Tullagh Point, Malin Peninsula, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, July

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Black crowberry (Empetrum nigrum) and Heather (Calluna vulgaris) plants, Hanstholm Vildtreservat, Thy National Park, Jutland, Denmark, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Marram grass (Ammophila arenaria) and Black crowberry (Empetrum nigrum) at sunrise, Vangså Klithede Dune Heath, Thy National Park, Denmark, July 2009

Konstantin Mikhailov / Crowberry berries {Empetrum nigrum} amongst white Reindeer moss {Caldonia rangiferina}, near the White Sea, Karelia, September 2007.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Cairns / Mix of autumnal Mountain bearberry (Arctous alpinus) and Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum hermaphroditum) Sarek National Park, Laponia World Heritage Site, Lapland, Sweden, September 2008

Jack Dykinga / Kinnikinnick bush / Common bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) amongst Lingonberry (Vaccinium vitus-idaea) and Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum). Denali National Park, Alaska

Niall Benvie / Mountain / Black bearberry {Arctous alpinus} Lichen and Crowberry leaves in autumn, Norway

Niall Benvie / Crowberry fruits {Empetrum nigrum} Norway

Jason Smalley / Ilkeley moor with Crowberry, Bilberry and Bracken, Yorkshire, UK

Niall Benvie / Bearberry leaves / Kinnikinnick bush {Arctostaphylos uva-ursi} with Crowberry fruit {Empetrum nigrum} Norway

Staffan Widstrand / Crowberry plant with fruit {Empetrum nigrum} Chukotka, Russia

Staffan Widstrand / Crowberry fruits (Empetrum nigrum) tundra, Siberia Russia

Niall Benvie / Crowberry berries {Empetrum nigrum} Beinn Eighe NNR, Scotland, UK Wester Ross

Ingo Arndt / Lichen (Alectoria ochroleuca) and Crowberries (Empetrum nigrum) in winter, Dovre-Sunndalsfjella National Park, Norway

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum) growing over decaying pine stump surrounded by abundant Heather (Calluna vulgaris) in forest, Abernthy Forest, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK. August.

Staffan Widstrand / Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum)growing over 100-year-old tree stumps in old-growth pine forest, Muddus National Park, Laponia UNESCO World Heritage Site, Norrbotten, Lapland, Sweden September 2020

Jussi Murtosaari / Black crowberry (Empetrum nigrum) with fruit. Kalajoki, Finland. August.

Jenny E. Ross / Low-growing plants on the tundra, including Cowberry (Empetrum nigrum), Alpine bearberry (Arctous alpina), One-sided wintergreen (Orthilla secunda), and Lapland Cornel (Chamaepericlymenum suecicum), i...

Jenny E. Ross / Low-growing plants on the tundra, including crowberry (Empetrum nigrum), alpine bearberry (Arctous alpina), one-sided wintergreen (Orthilla secunda), and Lapland Cornel (Chamaepericlymenum suecicum) i...

Jenny E. Ross / Low-growing plants on the tundra, including crowberry (Empetrum nigrum), alpine bearberry (Arctous alpina), one-sided wintergreen (Orthilla secunda), and Lapland Cornel (Chamaepericlymenum suecicum),...