Botanist's focus (5)

I believe the answer is:

flora

(Other definitions for flora that I've seen before include "list of plant life" , "growing flowers" , "Plants of a region or age" , "vegetation" , "Plants of a particular region" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.

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