Heath
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Habitats

  • Heath
    Heath
    -Habitats:* Heath or heathland, low-growing woody vegetation, mostly consisting of heathers and related species* Heaths in the British National Vegetation Classification system...

     or heathland, low-growing woody vegetation, mostly consisting of heathers and related species
  • Heaths in the British National Vegetation Classification system
    Heaths in the British National Vegetation Classification system
    This article gives an overview of the heath communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system.-Introduction:The heath communities of the NVC were described, along with the mire communities, in Volume 2 of British Plant Communities, first published in 1991.In total, 22 heath...

  • Heath forest
    Heath forest
    Heath forest is a type of tropical moist forest found in areas with acidic, sandy soils that are extremely nutrient-poor. Notable examples are the Rio Negro campinarana of the Amazon Basin in South America, and the Sundaland heath forests of Borneo and neighboring islands.-External links:**...

    , a type of tropical moist forest found in areas with acidic, extremely nutrient-poor sandy soils

Plants

  • Heath family or heather family, Ericaceae
    Ericaceae
    The Ericaceae, commonly known as the heath or heather family, is a group of mostly calcifuge flowering plants. The family is large, with roughly 4000 species spread across 126 genera, making it the 14th most speciose family of flowering plants...

    • Heath, many of the species in the genus Erica
      Erica
      Erica ,the heaths or heathers, is a genus of approximately 860 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. The English common names "heath" and "heather" are shared by some closely related genera of similar appearance....

    • Heath, many of the species in the genus Cassiope
      Cassiope
      Cassiope is a genus of 9-12 small shrubby species in the family Ericaceae. They are native to the Arctic and north temperate montane regions. Common names, shared with several other similar related genera, include heather and heath....

    • Heath, either of the two species in the genus Daboecia
      Daboecia
      Daboecia is a small genus in the family Ericaceae, containing two shrubby species, closely related to the genus Erica.Daboecia differs from European Erica species in having a deciduous corolla which is substantially larger than the corolla in the same species of Erica. The leaves are always...

    • Australian heath, any of the species in the genus Epacris
      Epacris
      Epacris is a genus of about 35-40 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae, though formerly often treated in a separate family Epacridaceae. The genus is native to eastern and southeastern Australia , New Caledonia and New Zealand...

    • Beard heath, any of the species in the genus Leucopogon
      Leucopogon
      Leucopogon is a genus of about 150-160 species of shrubby flowering plants belonging to the family Ericaceae, in the section of that family formerly treated as the separate family Epacridaceae. They are native to Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, the western Pacific Islands and Malaysia, with...

    • Mountain heath, any of the species in the genus Phyllodoce
      Phyllodoce
      Phyllodoce is a small genus of plants which includes the mountainheaths or mountain heathers. These are low matting shrubs with distinctive leaves which roll under themselves so tightly they resemble pine needles. They bear attractive flowers in shades of pink and purple...


Mammals

  • "Heath sheep", Heidschnucke
    Heidschnucke
    The Heidschnucke is a group of three types of moorland sheep from northern Germany. Like a number of other types from Scandinavia and Great Britain, they are Northern European short-tailed sheep...

    , a North German type of sheep
  • Heath sheep, an obsolete term for various British sheep, especially the Scottish Blackface
    Scottish Blackface
    The Scottish Blackface is the most common breed of domestic sheep in the United Kingdom. This tough and adaptable breed is often found in the more exposed locations, such as the Scottish Highlands or roaming on the moors of Dartmoor...


Invertebrates

  • Coenonympha
    Coenonympha
    Coenonympha is a butterfly genus. It belongs to the Coenonymphina, a subtribe of the "browns" . The latter are a subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies . As a rule, Palearctic species are colloquially called "heaths", while Nearctic ones are called "ringlets"...

    , a genus of brush-footed butterflies whose palearctic species are known as the Heaths, in particular
    • Coenonympha pamphilus, a butterfly native to Europe, Asia except tropical India and Indochina, and Northern Africa known as the Small Heath
    • Coenonympha tullia, a butterfly native to Europe, Asia except tropical India and Indochina, and North America known as the Large Heath
  • Melitaea athalia, a butterfly known as the Heath Fritillary
  • Semiothisa clathrata, a moth known as the Latticed Heath

Birds

  • Heath Hen
    Heath Hen
    The Heath Hen was a distinctive subspecies of the Greater Prairie Chicken, Tympanuchus cupido, a large North American bird in the grouse family, or possibly a distinct species....

     (Tympanuchus cupido cupido), an extinct North American bird in the grouse family

United Kingdom

  • Heath, Cardiff
    Heath, Cardiff
    Heath is a community in the north of Cardiff, capital of Wales, originally called the Great Heath and named as a result of the large park and woodland that it once contained. It should be distinguished from the Little Heath which lies to the south of the Great Heath, in the vicinity of Crwys Road...

    , Wales
  • Heath, Derbyshire
    Heath, Derbyshire
    Heath is a village in the North East Derbyshire district of the English county of Derbyshire.- Location :Heath is immediately adjacent to junction 29 of the M1 motorway and the A617 dual carriageway into Chesterfield....

    , England
  • The Heath
    The Heath
    The Heath GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association gaelic football club in County Laois, Ireland.The club was founded in 1888. Originally the club was known as St. Patrick's...

    , Staffordshire
  • Heath, West Midlands

Towns and cities

  • Heath, Alabama
    Heath, Alabama
    Heath is a town in Covington County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 249.-Geography:Heath is located at . According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land....

  • Heath, Indiana
    Heath, Indiana
    Heath was a small town, now extinct, in Tippecanoe County, Indiana.- Geography :Heath is located at 40°27'41" North, 86°44'00" West , on a bluff overlooking Wildcat Creek to the southeast. It is in Perry Township and has an elevation of approximately 669 feet. The post office at Heath was...

  • Heath, Massachusetts
    Heath, Massachusetts
    Heath is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 805 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area.- History :...

  • Heath, Ohio
    Heath, Ohio
    As of the census of 2000, there were 8,527 people, 3,403 households, and 2,375 families residing in the city. The population density was 816.6 people per square mile . There were 3,593 housing units at an average density of 344.1 per square mile...

  • Heath, Texas
    Heath, Texas
    Heath is a city in Rockwall and Kaufman Counties, Texas, United States. The population was 4,149 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.-Geography:Heath is located at ....


People

  • Heath (name)
    Heath (name)
    -Surname:*Benjamin Heath , British scholar*Brandon Heath, American musician*Charles Heath , English engraver*Christopher Heath, minister of the Catholic Apostolic Church*Chris Heath, British writer...

    , list of people with "Heath" as their surname or forename
  • Heath (musician) (Hiroshi Morie, born 1968), a Japanese musician
  • Edward Heath
    Edward Heath
    Sir Edward Richard George "Ted" Heath, KG, MBE, PC was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and as Leader of the Conservative Party ....

     (1916-2005), a British politician
  • Michael Heath (cartoonist)
    Michael Heath (cartoonist)
    Michael John Heath is a prolific British strip cartoonist and illustrator.His father, George Heath, was also a cartoonist...

     (born 1935), a British cartoonist
  • The Heath Brothers
    Heath Brothers
    The Heath Brothers was an American jazz group, formed in 1975 by the brothers Jimmy , Percy , and Albert "Tootie" Heath ; and pianist Stanley Cowell in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Tony Purrone and Jimmy's son Mtume joined the group later...

    , an American band

Companies, institutions and organisations

  • Allen & Heath
    Allen & Heath
    Allen & Heath is a company based in Penryn, Cornwall, England, specialising in the manufacture of audio mixing consoles...

    , a manufacturer of audio mixing consoles, based in Penryn, Cornwall, UK
  • D.C. Heath and Company, a publishing company in Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
  • Heath Elementary School (disambiguation)
  • Heath Grammar School
    Heath Grammar School
    Heath Grammar School, Free School Lane, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England was founded in 1585 by Dr. John Favour. Its full title was The Free Grammar School of Queen Elizabeth at Heath, near Halifax...

    , Halifax, West Yorkshire, England
  • Heath High School (Kentucky)
    Heath High School (Kentucky)
    Heath High School is a secondary school operated by the McCracken County Public Schools district in the rural community of West Paducah, unincorporated McCracken County, Kentucky, near the largest city in the state's far-western Purchase region, Paducah. Established in 1910, the school serves...

    , USA
  • Heath High School (Ohio)
    Heath High School (Ohio)
    Heath High School is a public high school in Heath, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Heath City Schools district.-Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships:* Boys Baseball – 2002, 2007 * Boys Track and Field - 2007...

    , USA

Court cases

  • Heath v. Alabama
    Heath v. Alabama
    Heath v. Alabama, 474 U.S. 82 , is a case in which the United States Supreme Court ruled that, because of the doctrine of dual sovereignty , the double jeopardy clause of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution does not prohibit one state from prosecuting and punishing...

    , 478 U.S. 82 (1985), interpreting the double jeopardy clause of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States

Other uses

  • Heath bar
    Heath bar
    The Heath bar is an American candy bar made of toffee, marketed by L.S. Heath beginning in 1928, subsequently by Leaf, Inc., and since 1996 by Hershey....

    , a confection
  • Heath High School shooting
    Heath High School shooting
    The Heath High School shooting occurred at Heath High School in West Paducah, Kentucky, United States, on Monday, December 1, 1997. Fourteen-year-old Michael Carneal opened fire on a group of praying students, killing three and injuring five more....

    , a 1997 shooting at the Kentucky high school
  • Heath Robinson, used to describe an implausibly complex and impractical contraption, named after the cartoons of such machines by W Heath Robinson
  • Heath Robinson (codebreaking machine)
    Heath Robinson (codebreaking machine)
    Heath Robinson was a machine used by British codebreakers at Bletchley Park during World War II to solve messages in the German teleprinter cipher used by the Lorenz SZ40/42 cipher machine; the cipher and machine were called "Tunny" by the codebreakers, who named different German teleprinter...

    , a codebreaking machine used by the British in the Second World War
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