heather
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The mountain also saw a "big upsurge" in heather beetles this year - possibly linked to milder winters.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Eight years on, there is still no heather in large patches.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Volunteers have been key to managing the wider heath, cutting gorse and heather in winter and removing pines.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 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
They lay deep in the heather and counted out the slow hours, in which there seemed little change; for they were still under the shadows of the Ephel Dúath, and the sun was veiled.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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