A heath is a shrubland habitat that grows mainly on free draining, infertile, acidic soils, characterised by open, low growing woody vegetation. It is closely related to moorland, which generally describes higher ground heaths found in cooler, damper climates, especially in Great Britain. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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A heath () is a shrubland habitat found mainly on free-draining infertile, acidic soils and is characterised by open, low-growing woody vegetation.
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