Birds unique to Australia also survived, and distinctive trees and plants developed. There are about species of mammals, of bird, of lizard, of snake and two of crocodile.
The word "flora" comes from the Latin name of Florathe goddess of plantsflowersand fertility in Roman mythology. Prior to this, the two terms were used indiscriminately. Regions can be distinct habitats like mountain vs.
Floras can mean plant life of a historic era as in fossil flora. Lastly, floras may be subdivided by special environments: The native and indigenous flora of an area. Agricultural and horticultural flora garden flora. The plants that are deliberately grown by humans.
Traditionally this classification was applied to plants regarded as undesirable, and studied in efforts to control or eradicate them. Today the designation is less often used as a classification of plant life, since it includes three different types of plants: Many native plants previously considered weeds have been shown to be beneficial or even necessary to various ecosystems.
Documentation of floras[ edit ] Main article: Floras may require specialist botanical knowledge to use with any effectiveness.
A published flora often contains diagnostic keys. Often these are dichotomous keyswhich require the user to repeatedly examine a plant, and decide which one of two alternatives given best applies to the plant.CITES is an international agreement between governments, aimed to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival.
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We love to create! We offer inspiration for card making and love snail mail. Bring your garden alive! Attract native Australian birds, butterflies and other fauna to your garden. Flora is the plant life occurring in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring or indigenous—native plant life.
The corresponding term for animal life is fauna. Flora, fauna and other forms of life such as fungi are collectively referred to as urbanagricultureinitiative.commes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora, as in the terms gut flora or skin flora.
Flora is the plant life occurring in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring or indigenous—native plant life. The corresponding term for animal life is fauna. Flora, fauna and other forms of life such as fungi are collectively referred to as biota.