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Also known as heathland

thumb|upright=1.5|Flowering heath on Amrum, Germany

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thumb|upright=1.5|Flowering heath on Amrum, Germany

A heath () is a shrubland habitat found mainly on free-draining infertile, acidic soils and is characterised by open, low-growing woody vegetation. Moorland is generally related to high-ground heaths with—especially in Great Britain—a cooler and damper climate.

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