<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (August 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> 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 . Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora, as in the terms gut flora or skin flora . </P> <P> The word "flora" comes from the Latin name of Flora, the goddess of plants, flowers, and fertility in Roman mythology . </P> <P> 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 were used indiscriminately . </P>

Community of flora and fauna with same characteristics