Heath (disambiguation)

Look up heath or heathland in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

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, Derbyshire, England
• Heath, Herefordshire
• Heath, Shropshire
• Heath, West Midlands
• Heath, West Yorkshire
• The Heath, Staffordshire

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 (musician) (Hiroshi Morie, born 1968), Japanese musician
• Heath (name), list of people with "Heath" as their surname or forename
• Edward Heath (1916–2005), British prime minister, 1970–74
• Elliott Heath (born 1989), American distance runner
• Garrett Heath (born 1985), American distance runner
• Heath Brothers, an American band
• Heath Ledger (1979–2008), Australian actor
• Heath L'Estrange (born 1985), Australian Rugby League player
• Mary Jo Heath (born 1954), radio host
• Michael Heath (cartoonist) (born 1935), British cartoonist
• William Heath (1737–1814), rebel general in the American revolutionary war
• Robert Galbraith Heath (1915–1999), psychiatrist who experimented on the brains of animals and patients

Art, entertainment, and media

• Heath, a fictional character on The Walking Dead TV series, played by Corey Hawkins

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

• 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