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Flora (pl.: floras or florae) is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring native plants. The corresponding term for animals is fauna, and for fungi, it is funga. [1] Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora as in the terms gut flora or skin flora for purposes of specificity.
Simplified schematic of an island's fauna – all its animal species, highlighted in boxes. Fauna (pl.: faunae or faunas) is all of the animal life present in a particular region or time. The corresponding terms for plants and fungi are flora and funga, respectively. Flora, fauna, funga and other forms of life are collectively referred to as biota.
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Fauna & Flora is an international nature conservation charity and non-governmental organization based in the United Kingdom. Founded as the Society for the Preservation of the Wild Fauna of the Empire , the society created some of the first game reserves and captive breeding programmes during the 20th century.
Bee Lick Creek in the Jefferson Memorial Forest, a National Audubon Society wildlife refuge. A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, funga, or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed ...
England's fauna is mainly made up of small animals and is notable for having few large mammals, but in similarity with other island nations; many bird species. England for the most part has an oceanic climate , which lacks extremes of heat or cold and provides plentiful rainfall making the country a rather 'green' environment and providing much ...
The distinction between vegetation (the general appearance of a community) and flora (the taxonomic composition of a community) was first made by Jules Thurmann (1849). Prior to this, the two terms (vegetation and flora) were used indiscriminately, [4] [5] and still are in some contexts.
Fauna of Europe; Fauna of Scotland; Flora and fauna of the Outer Hebrides; Flora and fauna of Cornwall; Fauna of the Isles of Scilly; Fauna of Ireland; Fauna of England; Atlases of the flora and fauna of Britain and Ireland; Biota of the Isle of Man; List of endangered species in the British Isles; Introduced species of the British Isles