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  2. List of Florida state symbols - Wikipedia

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    Location of the state of Florida in the United States of America. The state of Florida has numerous symbols defined by state statutes. The majority of the symbols were chosen after 1950; only the two oldest symbols—the state flower (chosen in 1909), and the state bird (chosen in 1927), and the state nickname (chosen in 1970)—are not listed in the 2010 Florida Statutes. [1]

  3. List of U.S. state and territory flowers - Wikipedia

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    (state flower) Cornus florida: 1941 [46] Carolina lily (state wildflower) Lilium michauxii: 2003 [47] [48] North Dakota: Wild prairie rose: Rosa blanda or arkansana: 1907 [49] Northern Mariana Islands: Flores mayo: Plumeria: 1979 [4] Ohio: Scarlet carnation (state flower) Dianthus caryophyllus: 1953 [50] Large white trillium (state wild flower ...

  4. History of Florida - Wikipedia

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    The state received its name from that conquistador, who called the peninsula La Pascua Florida in recognition of the verdant landscape and because it was the Easter season, which the Spaniards called Pascua Florida (Festival of Flowers).

  5. Seal of Florida - Wikipedia

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    The Florida Secretary of State is the official custodian of the seal. [3] Use or display of the seal must be for an official purpose and approved by the Florida Department of State. [3] One exception is that other Florida state or local agencies can use or display the seal for official business if approved by the head of their agency. [4]

  6. Pascua Florida - Wikipedia

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    [1] [3] [2] Florida is now known as the "Flower State" because of the connection to Ponce de Leon and Pascua Florida. [3] Since its entry into legislature, the holiday, while having no specific celebratory acts, usually culminates in a period of retrospection of Florida's rich history and the preceding events that led to it. [3]

  7. This endangered flower only grows in South Florida. Here's ...

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    The rare four-petal pawpaw flower in Martin County and Palm Beach County and has never grown in abundance, but there are now about 22% less four-petal pawpaws than there were 14 years ago in 2009.

  8. W. Livingston Larned - Wikipedia

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    William Livingston Larned was an American author and poet. He is known for his works "Father Forgets" [2] and "Advertisement Illustration". [3] In 1909, he penned a poem titled "Florida's State Flower" to commemorate the designation of the orange blossom as the official state flower of Florida.

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