heather
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I watch my 10 year old daughter Zena races through heather nearby, building boulder bridges over a cold stream, clinging to my brother as the Etive Mòr and Black Mount mountains rise behind them.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Experts say fire from burning heather can reach heights of six metres and that fire breaks need to be three times the flame height.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
It covered about six square kilometres of heather and small trees at its height, with more than 500 firefighters tackling it.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
One imagines not the ghost of Cathy or Heathcliff, but a trio of women, very much alive and striding through the heather, their minds alight with the stories they would tell, set among similar terrain.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
He limped out of the heather, sat on the stones and shook the wet from his fur.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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