When it comes to biology what is flora and fauna?

Question

Please explain

Answer 1

Just remember "flora" (like floral) pertains to plants and "fauna" (like fawn) pertains to animal. That's the trick I used to remember it from grade school.  

Answer 2

Flora refers to plants and fauna to animals!

Answer 3

flora is

flo·ra [fláwrə]

(plural flo·ras or flo·rae [fláw r])

noun

1.  plants: plant life, especially all the plants found in a particular country, region, or time regarded as a group (formal)

the flora of Australia See also fauna (sense 1)



2.  description of plants: a systematic set of descriptions of all the plants of a particular place or time

3.  microbiology bacteria that inhabit body organs: all the usually harmless bacteria inhabiting a part of the body, regarded as a group or population

[Early 16th century. < Latin Flora, Roman goddess of flowers < flor- "flower"]

while fauna is

(plural fau·nas or fau·nae [fáw n])

noun

1.  animal life in general: the animal life of a particular region or period, considered as a whole. See also flora (sense 1)  

2.  list of animals: a catalog or list describing the animals of a particular region or period

[Late 18th century. Via modern Latin < late Latin Fauna "Fauna," an ancient Italian rural goddess, sister of Faunus]

-fau·nal, adjective

-fau·nal·ly, adverb

-fau·nis·tic [faw nístik], adverb

-fau·nis·ti·cal·ly, adverb

Answer 4

Flora (think of floral) - plant: (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion.

Fauna (think of faun) - All of the animals found in a given area; usually, the total number of animal species in a specified period, geological stratum, geographical region, ecosystem, habitat or community.

Answer 5

Flora refers to plant life while fauna refers to animal life.  

Answer 6

Flora are plants and fauna are animals.

Answer 7

Flora refers to plants and a few other things such as fungi and algae and bacteria.

Fauna refers to animals and heterotrophic predatory protists.