Empetrum nigrum L., 1753 50% complete

Curlew-berry

Sp. Pl.: 1022 (1753)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Empetrum nigrum, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced18 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded9 Not on the record12 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 1022 (1753) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
Source not recorded
Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1753 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Curlew-berry No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Subarctic to Subalpine Northern Hemisphere No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 9 cm
  • 9.35 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 166 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 1, 20, 25, 37, 45, 68, 92, 174, 178, 251, 468, 500, 557, 724, 818, 897, 898, 941
Differs from sources
Biological type chamaephyte
  • chamaephyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 174, 178, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color red, purple Sourced
Flower conspicuous true
  • true · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Foliage color empty Not on the record
Foliage texture coarse Sourced
Fruit color empty Not on the record
Fruit conspicuous true
  • true · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Growth form Stoloniferous
  • Stoloniferous · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Growth habit Subshrub, Shrub
  • Subshrub, Shrub · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Growth rate Slow Sourced
Maximum height 38 cm
  • 37.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 1, 20, 25, 37, 45, 68, 92, 174, 178, 251, 468, 500, 557, 724, 818, 897, 898, 941
Differs from sources
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months mar, apr, may
1 earlier or rejected value
  • Superseded jan, apr, may · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 174
Sourced
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 92, 178, 460, 818, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 6 / 9 · moderately humid air
  • 6 / 9 · moderately humid air · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ground humidity empty
  • 6 / 12 · moist (meso-hygrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Light 7 / 9 · half-light to light
  • 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Sourced
Nitrogen fixation None
  • None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 25 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 1, 20, 37, 57, 67, 71, 73, 89, 444, 445, 822
Sourced
Ph maximum pH 7.8
  • pH 7.8 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ph minimum pH 4.3
  • pH 4.3 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Soil nutriments 2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic)
  • 2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242
Sourced
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 22 cm
  • 22 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 73, 92, 339, 468, 818, 898
Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty
  • 57.1 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 43 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 105, 412, 454, 468, 941
Not on the record
Other
Human usage type — Not on the record
Propagation method — Not on the record
Salt tolerance — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record