A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.
Many of the species in the genus Cassiope
Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.
Both species in the genus Daboecia
Any of the species in the genus Leucopogon, beard heath
Coenonympha pamphilus, native to Europe, Asia except tropical India and Indochina, and Northern Africa, the small heath
Many of the species in the genus Erica
Coenonympha tullia, native to Europe, Asia except tropical India and Indochina, and North America, the large heath
Any of the species in the genus Epacris, Australian heath
Any of the species in the genus Phyllodoce, mountain heath
Semiothisa clathrata, a moth known as the latticed heath
Melitaea athalia, the heath fritillary
The rock and subsoil that lies above a mineral deposit such as a coal seam.
A sterile stratum that lies above the stratum being investigated
To overload or overtax.