Practically all Europe, Siberia, Russian Far East, North America. The nominate subspecies occurs at lower altitudes than subsp. hermaphroditum, and is less widely distributed
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Empetrum nigrum subsp. nigrum | Linnaeus |
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| black crowberry | English |
| crakeberry | English |
| crowberry | English |
| gemeine Krähenbeere | German |
| gewöhnliche Krähenbeere | German |
| Krähenbeere | German |
| schwarze Krähenbeere | German |
| schwarze Rauschbeere | German |
| zweihäusige Krähenbeere | German |
| baie de corneille | French |
| camarine noire | French |
| raisin de corneille | French |
| vacinet noir | French |
| empetro nero | Italian |
| moretta | Italian |
| moretta palustre | Italian |
| gewone kraaiheide | Dutch |
| kraaihei | Dutch |
| kråkbar | Swedish |
| водяника чёрная | Russian |
| вороника чёрная | Russian |
| revling | Danish |
| krekling | Norwegian |
| etelänvariksenmarja | Finnish |
| kargaüzümü | Turkish |
| bażyna czarna | Polish |
| varjúbogyó | Hungarian |
| empetër | Albanian |
| черен емпетрум | Bulgarian |
| èmpetrum | Catalan |
| crna mahunica | Croatian |
| šicha černá | Czech |
| harilik kukemari | Estonian |
| έμπετρο μελανό | Greek |
| krækilyng | Icelandic |
| 시로미 | Korean |
| si ro mi | Korean |
| melnā vistene | Latvian |
| juodoji varnauogė | Lithuanian |
| vuietoare | Romanian |
| махуница | Serbian |
| šucha čierna | Slovak |
| creiglys | Welsh |
