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
Mr MacLennan said the "challenging" fire spready quickly through gorse and heather on the steep hillside.
From BBC • Aug. 11, 2025
Muirburns are controlled fires set burn off old heather and other vegetation on grouse shooting estates.
From BBC • Jul. 17, 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
The beds in that house were all too small for him but they made him a fine bed of heather on the floor, and he never stirred nor dreamed all night.
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
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