State mottos, flowers, etc....
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Whoami | Friday, February 01, 2002 - 03:41 pm   Anyone know where I can find an online list of state mottos, flowers, etc. I'm sure some of you will have that info at your fingertips, and be ready to post it! For instance, Colorado is "The Centennial State." I don't know if that is considered a motto, or what. The state flower is the Columbine. Aren't there also things like state songs, state animals, state gems/minerals, etc? |
Tess | Friday, February 01, 2002 - 04:02 pm   Whoami--I did a search on Google and this is what I found: Official State Flowers Alabama~~ Camellia~~ Camellia Alaska~~ Forget Me Not~~ Myosotis alpestris Arizona~~ Saguaro Cactus Blossom~~ Carnegiea gigantea Arkansas~~ Apple Blossom~~ Pyrus coronaria California~~ California Poppy~~ Eschscholtzia californica Colorado~~ Rocky Mountain Columbine ~~ Aquilegia caerules Connecticut~~ Mountain laurel~~ Kalmia latifolia Delaware~~ Peach Blossom~~ Prunus persica Florida~~ Orange Blossom~~ Citrus sinensis Georgia~~ Cherokee Rose~~ Rosa laevigata Hawaii~~ Pua Aloalo Hibiscus~~ brackenridgei Idaho~~ Syringa - Mock Orange~~ Philadelphus lewisii Illinois~~ Purple Violet~~ Viola Indiana~~ Peony~~ Peony Iowa~~ Wild Prairie~~ Rose Rosa pratincola Kansas~~ Sunflower~~ Helianthus annuus Kentucky~~ Goldenrod~~ Solidago altissima Louisiana`` Magnolia~~ Magnolia Maine~~ White pine cone and tassel~~ Pinus strobus, linnaeus Maryland~~ Black-eyed susan~~ Rudbeckia hirta Massachusetts~~ Mayflower~~ Epigaea regens Michigan~~ Apple Blossom~~ Pyrus coronaria Minnesota~~ Pink and white lady's-slipper~~ Cypripedium reginae Mississippi~~ Magnolia Magnolia~~ grandiflora Missouri~~ Hawthorn~~ Crataegus Montana~~ Bitterroot~~ Lewisia rediviva Nebraska~~ Goldenrod~~ Soldiago gigantea Nevada~~ Sagebrush~~ Artemisia tridentata New Hampshire~~ Purple lilac~~ Syringa vulgaris New Jersey~~ Violet~~ Viola sororia New Mexico Yucca flower Yucca glauca New York~` Rose~` Rosa North Carolina~` American Dogwood~~ Cornus florida North Dakota~~ Wild Prairie Rose~~ Rosa arkansana Ohio~~ Scarlet Carnation~~ Dianthus caryophyllus Oklahoma~~ Mistletoe~~ Phoradendron serotinum Oregon~~ Oregon Grape~~ Berberis aquifolium Pennsylvania~~ Mountain Laurel~~ Kalmia latiflolia Rhode Island~~ Violet~~ Viola South Carolina~~ Yellow Jessamine~~ Gelsemium sempervirens South Dakota~~ Pasque Flower~~ Ppulsatilla hirsutissima Tennessee~~ Iris~~ Iridaceae Texas~~ Bluebonnet~~ Lupinus Utah~~ Sego lily~~ Calochortus gunnisonii Vermont~~ Red Clover~~ Trifolium pratense Virginia~~ American Dogwood~~ Cornus florida Washington~~ Pink Rhododendron~~ Rhododendron macrophyllum West Virginia~~ Rhododendron~~ Rhododendron maximum Wisconsin~~Wood Violet~~ Viola papilionacea Wyoming~~ Indian Paintbrush~~ Castilleja linariaefolia |
Tess | Friday, February 01, 2002 - 04:08 pm   Here is a link I found for the nicknames of the states with a short blurb about how the nicknames were chosen along with the source for that information. For some reason when you pull up the link it starts at Massachussets but you can go backward alphabetically. official state nicknames |
Tess | Friday, February 01, 2002 - 04:16 pm   And finally, this site gives a great deal of info on each state from official motto, to flag design, date admitted to the union to the size and so on. Just go to the site and click on the folder for any state. There are also maps and other tidbits of info you might enjoy. State Info |
Whoami | Saturday, February 02, 2002 - 09:28 am   Thank you Tess! Great resources!! |
Juju2bigdog | Saturday, February 02, 2002 - 11:14 am   Good work, Tess! |
Tess | Saturday, February 02, 2002 - 03:18 pm   You're welcome, Whoami. Couldn't sleep last night and as I'm an old geography major this gave me something very fun to do. Juju, I learned how to do the search thing from a very clever dawg. |
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