heather

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Only decades ago many of the cottages in Scotland’s Highlands were roofed in heather, bracken and marram grass.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

Red grouse feed on young heather shoots and nest in the more mature heather stands.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2025

The April 2021 wildfires caused purple moor grass "to really take off" and prevented other plants, like heather, growing back.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2025

People who manage land may burn gorse in a controlled manner to clear land for other purposes, and burn heather to encourage new shoots that are more palatable to game birds.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2025

When Shasta went through the gate he found a slope of grass and a little heather running up before him to some trees.

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis