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Location of the state of Nevada in the United States of America. This is a list of symbols of the U.S. state of Nevada. The majority of the items in the list are officially recognized symbols created by an act of the Nevada Legislature and signed into law by the governor.
Artemisia tridentata, commonly called big sagebrush, [2] Great Basin sagebrush [2] or simply sagebrush (one of several related species of this name), is an aromatic shrub from the family Asteraceae. It grows in arid and semi-arid conditions, throughout a range of cold desert , steppe , and mountain habitats in the Intermountain West of North ...
Nevada: Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata: 1967 [40] New Hampshire: Purple lilac (state flower) Syringa vulgaris: 1919 [41] Pink lady's slipper (state wildflower) Cypripedium acaule: 1991 [41] New Jersey: Violet: Viola sororia: 1971 [42] [43] New Mexico: Yucca flower: Yucca: 1927 [44] New York: Rose: Rosa: 1955 [45] North Carolina: Flowering ...
English: Flag of the State of Nevada.The flag is described in Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 235, Sec. 20 as follows: The body of the flag must be of solid cobalt blue. On the field in the upper left quarter thereof must be two sprays of Sagebrush with the stems crossed at the bottom to form a half wreath.
The first flag of Nevada was created by Governor John Sparks and Colonel Harry Day in 1905. It was based strongly on Nevada's natural resources of gold and silver. The blue of the flag was to be the same as the blue on the flag of the United States. [2] The second flag of Nevada was designed by Miss Clara Crisler in 1915.
Nevada (/ n ə ˈ v æ d ə,-v ɑː-/ ⓘ nə-VAD-ə, - VAH-; [5] [6] Spanish:) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. [c] It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east.
The Nevada Sagebrush won the 2007–08, 2008–09, 2011–12 and most recently, 2014–15 Pacemaker Award for student journalism. [3] [4] It was also a finalist for a Pacemaker at the 2006, 2007 and 2015 ACP student journalism awards.
Sagebrush is the common name of several woody and herbaceous species of plants in the genus Artemisia. The best-known sagebrush is the shrub Artemisia tridentata . Sagebrush is native to the West Coast of North America .