heaths
Open uncultivated lands
Heaths are areas of open, uncultivated land covered with low-growing shrubs—especially heather, gorse, and similar plants.
The terrain is typically sandy or peaty, found across Britain and northern Europe.
The wind swept across the heaths.
Heath also names the plants themselves, particularly heather and related species in the Ericaceae family.
Open uncultivated upland
- peatWaterlogged decomposed vegetation
- bogAcidic peat wetland
- fenLow marshy ground
- uplandElevated land area
bracken · scrubland · grassland · plateau · fell · glens · tor · loch
Thorny yellow-flowering shrub
- brackenCoarse, spreading fern
- bilberrySmall wild European berry
- lingHeath plant or fish
- shrubsLow woody plants
perennial · flowering · purple · bloom · blossom · hardy · evergreen · groundcover
moorland
Open uncultivated upland
upland · bracken · scrubland · grassland · plateau · fell · glens · tor · loch · downs
gorse
Thorny yellow-flowering shrub
shrubs · perennial · flowering · purple · bloom · blossom · hardy · evergreen · groundcover · pollen
barren
Unable to produce
stark · rugged · remote · exposed · windswept · untamed · sparse · isolated · solitary · unspoiled
biodiversity
Range of life forms
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- ecologyStudy of environmental relations
endemic · flora · fauna · wildlife · grouse · curlew · plover · snipe · moorhen · adder
- satyrid butterfliesringlet, ringlets, satyr, satyrs, grayling
- floraleaves, petals, stems, buds, branches
- British Countrysidehedgerow, village, hedgerows, hamlet, moorland
- South African natureprotea, rooibos, veld, Table Mountain, Kruger
- countrysidefarmhouse, farm, barns, farmyard, barn
- mountainsmountain, peaks, peak, summit, summits
heathsforests
Densely treed land areas
woodlands · jungles · rainforests · old-growth forests · thickets
heathsfarmland
Agricultural terrain
cropland · agricultural land · plantations · orchards · gardens
- Heath Ledger
- Heather Graham
- Heath RobinsonAbsurdly over-complicated contraption
- heath barToffee candy in chocolate
- wild heath
- Heather Locklear
heathen, heath, heather, heathers, heathland, heathens, heathenish, heathenism, heathlands