page_title: Flora
hierarchical_section_title: Flora
caption_attribution_description: Simplified diagram of a flora - e.g. an island with its plant species highlighted o sono
context_page_description: In botany, flora has two meanings.
  The first meaning refers to all plant life in an area or time period. The corresponding term for animal life is fauna.
  The second meaning refers to a book or other work which describes the plant species in an area or time period, with the aim of allowing identification.
  The term flora comes from the Latin language. Flora was the goddess of flowers in Roman mythology.
  Plants are grouped into floras based on region, period, special environment, or climate. Regions can be geographically distinct habitats like mountain vs. flatland. Floras can mean plant life of an historic era as in fossil flora.
  Bacterial organisms are sometimes included in a flora. Other times, the terms bacterial flora and plant flora are used separately.
context_section_description: In botany, flora (plural: floras or florae) has two meanings.
  The first meaning  refers to all plant life in an area or time period (especially the naturally occurring or indigenous plant life). The corresponding term for animal life is fauna.
  The second meaning refers to a book or other work which describes the plant species in an area or time period, with the aim of allowing identification.
  The term flora comes from the Latin language. Flora was the goddess of flowers in Roman mythology.
  Plants are grouped into floras based on region, period, special environment, or climate. Regions can be geographically distinct habitats like mountain vs. flatland. Floras can mean plant life of an historic era as in fossil flora.
  Bacterial organisms are sometimes included in a flora  . Other times, the terms bacterial flora and plant flora are used separately.
caption: Simplified schematic of an island's flora - all its plant species, highlighted in boxes.
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