Photos / Sounds

What

Black Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum)

Observer

carol-in-maine

Date

April 2, 2019

Description

Evergreen mat-forming shrub on the dry rocky shore at the end of Schoodic Point. Inconspicuous flowers growing from leaf axils. Leaves are narrow and thick and tend to stick straight out from stem. Stems are prostrate and creeping.