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This category should include plants, native or endemic, found in France, as defined by the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. This category is a geographical, not political, circumscription. It includes the flora of the Channel Islands and Monaco, but excludes the flora of Corsica.
Pages in category "Endemic flora of France" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aquilegia ...
The Massif Central also boasts a number of peatland plants that are relicts of the last ice age and are extremely rare in France, such as the impressive Ligularia sibirica (Cézallier, Aubrac), Rannoch-rush, Dwarf Birch and Downy willow (these two shrubs are found in the peatlands of the Margeride and, in the case of the latter, in the Monts Dore).
While France does not have an official national flower, the fleur-de-lis, which was a symbol of the royal family, as well as the cornflower (blue), marguerite (white), and red poppy, which together represent the tri-colored national flag, are also generally treated as French national flowers.
The park had been enclosed with a wall by King Philippe-Auguste in the 12th century, and the neighboring chateau was built by King Charles V of France. King Louis XV had reforested the park and built paths and promenades, and a pyramid (1831), still visible, just outside the Parc Floral, at the intersection of the route de Polygone and route ...
Flora of France (6 C, 264 P) Flora of French Polynesia (2 C, 9 P) G. ... Flora of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (3 C) Flora of Saint Kitts and Nevis (2 P)
Metropolitan France (French: France métropolitaine or la Métropole), also known as European France, is the part of France in Europe. In terms of the categories used by the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, the flora of Metropolitan France is made up of:
The first taxonomic system by de Candolle, who introduced the term taxonomy, appeared in his description of the plants of France, his Flore française (1805–1815), in 5 volumes dealing with plant species found in France. The De Candolle system is a subsequent taxonomic system.