The Heath

Heath or heathland is low-growing woody vegetation, mostly consisting of heathers and related species.

Heath or heathland may also refer to:

Butterflies and moths

*the heaths, common name for the Palearctic species of the genus ''Coenonympha'', brush-footed butterflies
**''Coenonympha pamphilus'' (small heath), a butterfly native to Europe, Asia except tropical India and Indochina, and Northern Africa
**''Coenonympha tullia'' (large heath), a butterfly native to Europe, Asia except tropical India and Indochina, and North America
*''Melitaea athalia'' (heath fritillary), a butterfly found throughout the Palaearctic from western Europe to Japan
*''Semiothisa clathrata'' (latticed heath), a moth found from Europe, North Africa and Asia

Plants

*Heath family or heather family, Ericaceae
**Australian heath, any of the species in the genus ''Epacris''
**Beard heath, any of the species in the genus ''Leucopogon''
**Heath, many of the species in the genus '' Cassiope''
**Heath, either of the two species in the genus '' Daboecia''
**Heath, many of the species in the genus '' Erica''
**Mountain heath, any of the species in the genus '' Phyllodoce''

Places

Ireland

*Heathland, County Westmeath, a townland in the civil parish of Lackan, barony of Corkaree

United Kingdom

* Heath, Cardiff, Wales
**Heath (electoral ward), in Cardiff
* Heath, Derbyshire, England
* Heath, Herefordshire
* The Heath, Buxton with Lammas, a location in Norfolk
* The Heath (Hampstead Heath), a park in the City of London
*The Heath, Hevingham, a location in Norfolk
* The Heath, North Norfolk, a location in Fakenham, Norfolk
* Heath, Shropshire
* The Heath, Staffordshire
* The Heath, Suffolk, a location near Tattingstone
* Ipswich Heaths, Suffolk
* Heath, West Midlands
* Heath, West Yorkshire

United States

* Heath, Alabama
* Heath, Indiana
* Heath, Kentucky
* Heath, Massachusetts
* Heath Township, Michigan
* Heath, Montana
* Heath, Ohio
* Heath Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
* Heath, Texas

People

* Heath (name), a list of people with the forename or surname
* Heath (musician) (Hiroshi Morie, born 1968), Japanese musician
*Heath Brothers, an American jazz band

Art, entertainment, and media

* HEATH, an experimental literary text by Tan Lin
*Heath, a fictional character in the American television series ''The Walking Dead''
*Heath Swanson, a fictional character in the Japanese manga series ''California Story''

Companies

* Allen & Heath, a manufacturer of audio mixing consoles, based in Penryn, Cornwall, UK
* D. C. Heath and Company, a publishing company in Lexington, Massachusetts, US
* Heath Ceramics, a manufacturer of ceramic tableware and tiles in Sausalito, California, US
* Heathkit, also known as Heath Company, a manufacturer of electronic kits and devices

Schools

* Heath Elementary School (disambiguation)
* Heath Grammar School, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England
* Heath High School (Kentucky), US (closed in 2013)
* Heath High School (Ohio), US

Other uses

*'' Heath v. Alabama'', 478 U.S. 82 (1985), interpreting the double jeopardy clause of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States
*Heath bar, a confection
* Heath Robinson (codebreaking machine), a codebreaking machine used by the British in the Second World War
* Heath Robinson, used to describe an implausibly complex and impractical contraption, named after the cartoons of such machines by W Heath Robinson
* The Heath GAA, a Gaelic football club in County Laois, Ireland

See also

* Heather (disambiguation)
* Heathrow (disambiguation)
* Heath (list of places), list of places with "Heath" in their name

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