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

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.

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 / Crowberry fruits {Empetrum nigrum} Norway

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