Empetrum

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Empetrum - crowberries

dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination

crowberry family, Empetraceae, family Empetraceae - heathlike shrubs

crowberry - a low evergreen shrub with small purple flowers and black berrylike fruit

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nummularia), with a woody stem like our cranberry and with a sweet berry, -- an Empetrum (E.

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Antioxidant, [alpha]-glucosidase inhibitory and anti-inflammatory effects of aerial parts extract from Korean crowberry (Empetrum nigrum var japonicum).

Investigation of the Antioxidant, [alpha]-Glucosidase Inhibitory, Anti-inflammatory, and DNA Protective Properties of Vaccinium arctostaphylos L./Vaccinium arctostaphylos L.'nin Antioksidan, [alpha]-Glukozidazi Inhibe Edici, Anti-inflamatuvar ve DNA Koruyucu Ozelliklerinin Incelenmesi

Fell-fields are exposed habitats that are very windy in winter; they support little vegetation other than sporadic patches of a dwarf shrub (Empetrum nigrum var.

Assemblage Characteristics and Habitat Specificity of Carabid Beetles in a Japanese Alpine-Subalpine Zone

The participation of some species that can be considered as members of the same community and a prelude to a progressive dynamic towards woody vegetation (Empetrum rubrum, Baccharis patagonica, Gaultheria mucronata, Austroblechnum penna-marina) can be deduced from more recent data (Diaz et al., 2008) taken on Chiloe Island.

Nomenclatural revision and syntaxonomical proposal for wetland peat vegetation in the Valdivian-Magellanian region/Revision nomenclatural y propuesta sintaxonomica de la vegetacion de humedales turbosos de la region Valdiviano-Magallanica

The archaeobotanical material from Ruotsinsalmi mainly consists of collected wild berries which grow naturally in the local area, such as bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus), wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca), raspberry (Rubus idaeus), and black crowberry (Empetrum nigrum).

The 18th century sea fortress of Ruotsinsalmi, Kotkansaari in Finland: Archaeobotanical data of a log latrine

sylvestris) with shrubs (Ledum palustre, Empetrum nigrum, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, and V.

Laboratory Assessment of Forest Soil Respiration Affected by Wildfires under Various Environments of Russia

(wood chips) were marginally older than seeds from edible berries (Rubiis chamaemorus and Empetrum nigrum) and caribou (Rangifer tarandus) bone collagen, which provided the most consistent ages.

Dating and digging stratified archaeology in circumpolar North America: a view from Nunalleq, Southwestern Alaska

Role of warm stratification in promoting germination of seeds of Empetrum hermaphroditum (Empetraceae), a circumboreal species with a stony endocarp.

Dormicion de semillas de Ochradenus baccatus (Resedaceae), una especie arbustiva de las regiones deserticas arabicas

During this period, bears spend up to 80% of the time feeding on berries (bilberry Vaccinium myrtillis, lingonberry V vitis-idaea and crowberry Empetrum nigrum) to acquire sufficient fat reserves for hibernation (Welch et al.

Ecological implications from spatial patterns in human-caused brown bear mortality

Rays clearly belong to Paedomorphic Type III of Carlquist (1988), a type seen in small shrubs such as Empetrum. Ray cells have secondary walls.