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<p>Flora (pl.: floras or florae) is all the <a href="/facts/Plant/X5BMDMvS">plant</a> life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring (<a href="/facts/Indigenous_(ecology)/03kpM3rf">indigenous</a>) <a href="/facts/Native_plant/03kpM3rf">native plants.</a> The corresponding term for <a href="/facts/Animals/4b8J33nd">animals</a> is <i><a href="/facts/Fauna/sMqPFxVD">fauna</a></i>, and for <a href="/facts/Fungi/BHo5DP59">fungi</a>, it is <i><a href="/facts/Funga/cDhUKckw">funga</a></i>. Sometimes <a href="/facts/Bacteria/wC8xSCsU">bacteria</a> and <a href="/facts/Fungi/BHo5DP59">fungi</a> are also referred to as flora as in the terms <i><a href="/facts/Gut_flora/Xy1IWzSP">gut flora</a></i> or <i><a href="/facts/Skin_flora/jxUPFoB4">skin flora</a></i> for purposes of specificity. </p>