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Flora (pl.: floras or florae) is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring (indigenous) native plants.

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
flora (noun)
1.
a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period
2.
plant or bacterial life , especially such life characteristic of a region, period, or special environment - fossil flora intestinal flora compare fauna
Synonyms:
vegetation, botany, plant, plant life
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