Heath (disambiguation)

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

United Kingdom

United States

People

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

Schools

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
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