Heath (disambiguation)
Heath (disambiguation)
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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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
Ireland[edit]
- Heathland, County Westmeath, a townland in the civil parish of Lackan, barony of Corkaree
United Kingdom[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Heath, Alabama
- Heath, Indiana
- Heath, Kentucky
- Heath, Massachusetts
- Heath Township, Michigan
- Heath, Montana
- Heath, Ohio
- Heath Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
- Heath, Texas
People[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Heather (disambiguation)
- Heathrow (disambiguation)
- Heath (list of places), list of places with "Heath" in their name
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