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Heath (habitat)
Heaths are habitats characterised by open, low growing woody vegetation, found on mainly infertile acidic soils. In the latter respect they are similar to moorland, but they differ in terms of climate – heathland is generally warmer and drier than moorland – and vegetation.
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