Only small parts of the once enormous heaths and marshlands have survived until modern times.

Clay heaths have become very rare within the Lüneburg Heath.

These upper reaches have been extensively colonized by various Ericaceae ( heaths ): blueberry and cranberry ( Vaccinium ), huckleberry ( Gaylussacia ), rose azalea ( Rhododendron prinophyllum ) and rosebay rhododendron ( Rhododendron maximum ), mountain laurel ( Kalmia latifolia ), teaberry ( or wintergreen, Gaultheria ), and Allegheny menziesia ( Menziesia pilosa ).

Many heath specialist birds are present in the heaths which include ; Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii ), New Holland Honeyeater ( Phylidonyris novaehollandiae ), Beautiful Firetail ( Stagonopleura bella ), Chestnut-rumped Heathwren ( Hylacola pyrrhopygia ) and the Southern Emu-wren

Other tall growing heaths, including the Portugal Heath ( Erica lusitanica ) may also sometimes be called tree heath.

The Superb Fairywren can be found in almost any area that has at least a little dense undergrowth for shelter, including grasslands with scattered shrubs, moderately thick forest, woodland, heaths, and domestic gardens.

To the north and east of the county, much finer sands and gravels are found, including ball clay which was widely mined on the heaths around Wareham.

The heathland and woodland on Kinver Edge are inhabited by wildlife, including Adder and Common Lizard present on the heaths, and Common Buzzard, Eurasian Jay, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Badger, Red Fox, and many other bird species present in the woods.

* South African Garden-A variety of Proteaceae, including Leucadendrons such as the silver tree ( Leucadendron argenteum ), Leucospermum, and one of the largest collections of members of the genus Erica ( Cape heaths ) outside South Africa.

There are many well-known and economically important members of the Ericaceae, these include the cranberry, blueberry, huckleberry, azalea, rhododendron, and various common heaths and heathers ( Erica, Cassiope, Daboecia, and Calluna for example ).

Prominent eucalypt species in the area are Powder-barked Wandoo ( Eucalyptus accedens ) and Mallalie ( E. eudesmoides ), while the heaths are rich in species typical of the region and include rare species such as spiral bush ( Spirogardnera rubescens ).

But predominant here are the dwarf shrub heaths and raised bogs ( Hochmoore ).

* The lichen-rich sand heaths can be told apart from the other types of heathland by the presence of various cup lichens ( Cladonia ), Ciliated fringewort ( Ptilidium ciliare ) and Juniper Haircap ( Polytrichum juniperinum ).

Even at that time the first Calluna ( heather ) heaths appeared ( see above ).

These plants are also described as ericaceous, as the prototypical calcifuge is the genus Erica ( heaths ).

Her form was silhouetted and with the strong light I could see the outlines of her body, a body that an artist or anyone else would have admired.

The American liberal may, in the world of to-day, have a strong case ; ;

Accounts have been published of Northern liberals in the South up against segregationist prejudice, especially in state-supported universities where pressure may be strong to uphold the majority view.

The crew of the Caravan never failed to amaze Ann, who during her stay in Salem must frequently have overheard strong sailorly language.

His strong opposition to the transfer of Negro children to schools outside their own neighborhood, in the interest of integration, will be attacked by Negro leaders who have fought for, and achieved, this open or permissive enrollment.

And the Chinese, as the Albanian incident shows, have strong suspicions that Khrushchev is anxious to secure a `` shameful '' peace with the West.

As I have indicated above, I base this feeling on a belief that current weakness in the market for consumer durable goods may continue through the early months of the year, but will give way to a sufficiently strong recovery later on to bring the full-year figures close to those of 1960 ; ;

The president who appoints strong men who have an all-college or university point of view and a talent and respect for administration can count on useful assistance.

Sturdy and strong after more than a century of continuous use, the old covered, wooden bridge that spans the Tygartis Valley River at Philippi will have a distinctive part in the week-long observance of the first land battle of the Civil War at its home site, May 28th to June 3rd.

It leases the whole facility to a large oil company, at least large enough to have a strong credit position.

In the period since the end of World War 2, -- a period coinciding with merchandising demands for the colorful, the unusual, and the original in signs and displays -- plastics have come on so strong that today they are the acknowledged leaders in the field.

A number of strong independent agencies, established in some cases with governmental or royal support, have conducted large medical, social, educational and research operations in particular parts of the Congo and Ruanda-Urundi.

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The stress on have, which here represents have finished reading the paper, is quite strong.

Needless to say, strong hands are not eager to be joined by weak hands, for this increases the risk that they will have to absorb what these weak hands unload on the way up, at higher prices, during the run-up phase of the campaign.

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And before you say it, Nellie ain't near strong enough to have strangled Julia.

In the U. S., strong pressures have been building up for a resumption of tests on grounds that the Russians may be secretly testing.

True, the pattern and flow of the drama have strong literary qualities that are a bit wearisome in the first half, before Don Quixote goes to the duke's court.

This was one time I'd have gladly broken my own rule, but habit was too strong.

Many studies have observed the effects of volunteerism ( as a form of altruism ) on happiness and health and have consistently found a strong connection between volunteerism and current and future health and well-being.

Other species have polygynous (" many females ") or, rarely, polyandrous (" many males ") breeding systems.

Throughout the use of agriculture, farmers have inadvertently altered the genetics of their crops through introducing them to new environments and breeding them with other plants — one of the first forms of biotechnology.

For thousands of years, humans have used selective breeding to improve production of crops and livestock to use them for food.

However, in some countries modern breeding practices have introduced a few problems.

Xanthistic forms of both the zebra and leopard pattern, along with long-finned subspecies, have been obtained via selective breeding programs for the aquarium trade.

Not all double dapples have problems with their eyes and / or ears, which may include degrees of hearing loss, full deafness, malformed ears, congenital eye defects, reduced or absent eyes, partial or full blindness, or varying degrees of both vision and hearing problems ; but heightened problems can occur due to the genetic process in which two dapple genes cross, particularly in certain breeding lines.

The Little Ice Age may have reduced the population of the Great Auk by exposing more of their breeding islands to predation by Polar Bears, but massive exploitation for their down drastically reduced the population.

However, on May 8, 2010, a sighting of a gray whale was confirmed off the coast of Israel in the Mediterranean Sea, leading some scientists to think they might be repopulating old breeding grounds that have not been used for centuries.

During the breeding season, it is common for females to have several mates.

In the horse breeding industry, the term " half-brother " or " half-sister " only describes horses which have the same dam, but different sires.

Mares may however have multiple FSH waves during a single estrous cycle, and diestrus follicles resulting from a diestrus FSH wave are not uncommon, particularly in the height of the natural breeding season.

Killer and pilot whales are the only nonhuman species in which the females are known to go through menopause and live for decades after they have finished breeding.

Population cycles of prey, particularly voles, have a considerable influence on breeding success.

Many of the cultivars have originated from the Connecticut Experiment Station in Hamden and from the plant breeding of Dr. Richard Jaynes.

It is generally a silent, nocturnal animal, but males have a very loud advertising call that can be heard from almost a kilometre away during the breeding season.

However, it is thought that the eggs may have been over-harvested, and it may have been subject to depredations by the feather trade in its breeding area as well.

: In the Man-Kzin Wars novel Destiny's Forge, it is revealed that the Black Priests, a powerful cult within the Patriarchy whose members all have completely black pelts, have been responsible for the breeding program to isolate the telepath gene and preserve kzinrret subsapience.

Several human-made enclosures have been made to support breeding and shelter, with several people clearing an area for the penguins and burying the huts, most notably The Knox School, when their efforts were filmed and broadcast in 2008 by Totally Wild.

The domestication of animals, of which we have evidence dating back to the end of the last glacial period ( c. 10, 000 years BP ), allowed the systematic production of meat and the breeding of animals with a view to improving meat production.

In plant and animal breeding, procedures have been developed which deliberately utilise the effects of dispersion ( such as line breeding, pure-line breeding, back-crossing ).

A secondary center of genetic variability of the potato is Mexico, where important wild species that have been used extensively in modern breeding are found, such as the hexaploid Solanum demissum, as a source of resistance to the devastating late blight disease.