flora
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Genetic material recovered from internal tissues included bacteria that were part of Ötzi's original gut flora.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
Its landscapes include grasslands, lagoons, heathland and vegetated shingle, which supports a range of creatures, flora and fauna - not just birds.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
For those unfamiliar with these funky flora, be warned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Excursions are led by Orvis-endorsed guide Scott Penn, who covers the history, flora and fauna of the region along the way.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Seven pulled out her flora field map, where she’d marked all the places they could find the flower beyond the Cursed Forest.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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Of the 1,000 or so species of floras in the park, lodgepole pine and the duff from its fallen needles and branches provided most of the fuel for the fires.
From Time Magazine Archive
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At the two ends of Cajon Pass, only four or five kilometres apart, are the two utterly distinct floras of the Mohave desert and the San Bernardino valley.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various
Sir Joseph Hooker also doubts the generally greater richness of tropical over temperate floras which I have taken as almost an axiom.
From Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras by Alfred Russel Wallace
The question of the mode in which the floras of islands and of continents have been formed gave rise to important speculations by such eminent botanical travellers as Charles Darwin, Sir J.D.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various
The forests are thus highly diversified and partake of the characteristics of both the northern and southern floras.
From North America by Israel C. (Cook) Russell
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Physical Geography - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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