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| 2nd Sept 2009, Hoy, Scotland. | Photo: © Derek Mayes |
| Growing on high windswept and rugged moorland. Seemingly 'hides' in the nook of small stones, affording little protection. |
| 2nd Sept 2009, Hoy, Scotland. | Photo: © Derek Mayes |
| Leaves are deciduous, robust & glossy leathery and net-veined. Main stem in this example is woody and thick, indicating great longevity. |
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| 7th July 2009, Hoy, Scotland. | Photo: © Derek Mayes |
| The leaves are curled backwards, the stems reddened and the berries un-ripe. |
| 2nd Sept 2009, Hoy, Scotland. | Photo: © Derek Mayes |
| Berries sparse and red at first. |
| 2nd Sept 2009, Hoy, Scotland. | Photo: © Derek Mayes |
| Leaves dark-green and deeply veined. Berry blackens when ripe and has red dimpled crater. |
| 2nd Sept 2009, Hoy, Scotland. | Photo: © Derek Mayes |
| The red dimpled crater of the black berries. |
| 2nd Sept 2009, Hoy, Scotland. | Photo: © Derek Mayes |
| Leaves turn red in autumn before being shed. |
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Related to : Bearberry, but Bearberry has a red berry whereas Alpine Bearberry has a black berry. An undershrub confined mostly to the higher windswept sparsely-vegetated stony moorland North and North-West of Scotland. Not found in England, Wales or Ireland. The badge of the Ross Clan. The berries are edible when ripe. ANY TEXT GOES HERE |
 Arctostaphylos |
