Empetrum nigrum; the crowberry is common all over Iceland. The characteristic traits are the needle-like leaves and the black berries. The latter are in spring - early summer very sweet and delicious to taste and consume. Their flower are very minute and therefore generally overlooked.
It is a member of the Crowberry-heath family (Empetraceae).
Text & Photographs by Dick Vuijk
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