Flora and fauna

LUNES, 11 DE FEBRERO DE 2019

What is flora?

Flora is the name given to the collective plant life that grows or once grew in a certain area or during a given time period. It usually refers to the native plant life present but does include new species that have been introduced as well. The flora and fauna of the earth have names derived from Latin.

In the language, ‘Flora’ was a goddess of flowers and plants. In the Roman mythology, she was the goddess of fertility. And so, the plant kingdom came to be known as Flora. The study of the plant life around the world is very interesting since is makes different classifications of the flora.

Flora in Colombia 

More than 45,000 species of plants have been identified in Colombia, but it is predicted that when the region has been thoroughly explored that number may be doubled. At the highest (3,000–4,600 m/10,000–15,000 ft) and coldest level of mountain meadows, called páramos, the soil supports grasses, small herbaceous plants, and dense masses of low bushes. In the intermontane basins some vegetables, European-introduced grains, and corn are found, along with the bushes, trees, and meadow grasses indigenous to the region. The temperate areas support extensive and luxuriant forests, ferns, mosses, trees of the laurel family, Spanish cedars, vegetables, and grain crops. The tropical zone may be divided into four main groups according to the amount of rainfall received: desertlike areas supporting arid plants, deciduous forests, rain forests, and grass plains. Palm trees of various species abound in the tropics and there are many edible fruits and vegetables

What is fauna?

Fauna on the other hand, is the  name given to collective animal life that lives or was once found in a certain area or time period. In Latin, Fauna is derived from three different sources. Fauna by itself was the name of a Roman goddess representing fertility and the earth and Faunus was another Roman god. And then there were Fauns, which were known to be forest spirits.

Both the flora and fauna of the earth have been given sub-divisions. Fauna is also distinguished in many different ways. However, these ways are much more complex than floral divisions because animal life has evolved into many different forms.

Fauna in Colombia

Being a country of tropics located in the area of the equator, Colombia has a great representation of taxonomic groups in fauna and flora typical of the area, to which are added varieties of migrations of fauna from different parts of the planet; by the variety of ecosystems.1 Colombia owns 44.25% of the South American wastelands, being thus, one of the countries with greater humid areas and with high fluidity of rivers throughout the country at world level. Colombia presents biomass of moor, jungle (Amazon, Pacific jungle), shrub herbaceous vegetation of Amazonian hills, low forests and Amazonian catingals, plain savannah, xerophytic scrub and deserts, alluvial forests, tropical humid forests, mangrove forests, forests and swamp vegetation, Caribbean savannas

Animals in extintion danger

1. -The polar bear or white bear
   Java rhinoceros
   The Tigers
   The Kangaroos
   The bluefin tuna
   The mountain gorilla
   The leatherback turtle
   The Penguins
   The monarch butterfly

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Made by:

-Sergio Marin

-Daniel Bonilla

-Juan Sebastian Miller

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