Empetrum nigrum - Crowberry
Cheviot Trees are specialist producers of native moorland plants such as Empetrum nigrum - Crowberry.
A mat forming shrub with tiny purple, stalkless starry flowers that have stubby, needle like leaves. The fruit is a shiny black berry which is initially green, then turning pink, purple and finally black.
Often bound growing in acidic soils in shady, wet areas. Found on moors, bogs and wet slopes.