For other shrubs sometimes called "crowberry", see 
Bearberry.
| Black crowberry | 
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| Scientific classification | 
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
 
| Clade: | Eudicots | 
 
| Clade: | Asterids | 
 
| Order: | Ericales | 
 
| Family: | Ericaceae | 
 
| Genus: | Empetrum | 
| Species: | E. nigrum | 
| Binomial name | 
| Empetrum nigrum 
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| Synonyms | 
| Chamaetaxus nigra (L.) BubaniEmpetrum arcticum V.N.Vassil.Empetrum crassifolium Raf.Empetrum eamesii subsp. hermaphroditum (Hagerup) D.LöveEmpetrum hermaphroditum HagerupEmpetrum hermaphroditum var. americanum V.N.Vassil.Empetrum medium Carmich.Empetrum nigrum f. cylindricum LepageEmpetrum nigrum var. hermaphroditum (Hagerup) T.SørensenEmpetrum nigrum subsp. hermaphroditum (Hagerup) BöcherEmpetrum nigrum f. purpureum (Raf.) FernaldEmpetrum nigrum var. purpureum (Raf.) A.DC.Empetrum purpureum Raf.
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Empetrum nigrum, crowberry, black crowberry, mossberry, or, in western Alaska, Labrador, etc., blackberry, is a flowering plant species in the heather family Ericaceae with a near circumboreal distribution in the Northern Hemisphere.