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

• Heathland, County Westmeath, a townland in the civil parish of Lackan, barony of Corkaree

United Kingdom

• 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

• Heath, Alabama
• Heath, Indiana
• Heath, Kentucky
• Heath, Massachusetts
• Heath Township, Michigan
• Heath, Montana
• Heath, Ohio
• Heath Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
• Heath, Texas

People

• 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

• 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
• Heathkit, also known as Heath Company, a manufacturer of electronic kits and devices

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
• Hoath, a place in Kent whose name is the old local dialectal form of Heath