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an open wild moor that thrives precisely because the soil is too poor to bully it
hungry groundAcidic, nutrient-starved soils keep forests out and heather in
fire allyMany heaths need periodic burning to survive
heather genusNamed for Erica and Calluna, its low woody rulers
human-madeMost European heaths exist from ancient grazing and clearing
royal namesakeHampstead Heath shaped London's poets and prizefighters alike