Question
What is the difference between flora, fauna and vegetation? Eichhornia crassipes is called as an exotic species while Rauwolfia serpentina is an endemic species in India. What do these terms exotic and endemic refer to?
| Flora | Fauna | Vegetation |
| The term flora is used to denote plants of a particular region or period. | The species of animals of a particular region are referred to as fauna. | The grasses,shrubs and trees growing in a particular region is called its vegetation. |
Endemic species refer to those species of plants and animals which are restricted to a prticular area. Anything which is striking or mysteriously different or unusual, it is called as exotic.
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