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Location of the state of Maryland in the United States of America. This is a list of symbols of the U.S. state of Maryland. Most of the items in the list are officially recognized symbols created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly and signed into law by the governor. However, two of the more famous symbols of Maryland, the state motto ...
This is a list of U.S. state, federal district, and territory trees, including official trees of the following of the states, of the federal district, and of the territories. State federal district
Wye Oak State Park preserves the site where the revered tree stood for more than 400 years in the town of Wye Mills, Talbot County, Maryland. [ 2 ] The Wye Oak was believed to be over 460 years old at the time of its destruction during a severe thunderstorm on June 6, 2002.
The shopping center is located at the corner of Travilah Road and Glen Road in Travilah, Maryland. The Travilah Oak is believed to be over 330 years old. [1] [2] According to January 2021 measurements by the Maryland Big Tree Program, the Travilah Oak has a circumference of 19' 1", a height of 78', and a crown that stretches 110' in all ...
The tree was seeded around 1718, according to a 1978 assessment of the tree's historic value for the Maryland Historic Trust. [1] The origin of the name "Linden Oak" is unknown. In 1976, the state's Maryland Bicentennial Commission proclaimed the oak a Maryland Bicentennial Tree because it "stood its ground, survived the American Revolution ...
Peony, Indiana's state flower. Red Pine, Minnesota's state tree. Baltimore Oriole, Maryland's state bird. File:Lewisia rediviva pursch.jpg Bitterroot, Montana's state flower. Cottonwood, Kansas's and Nebraska's state tree. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Oklahoma's state bird. File:Jessamine9493.JPG Yellow Jessamine, South Carolina's state flower.
It is the 42nd largest and 9th smallest state and is closest in size to the state of Hawaii (10,930.98 square miles (28,311.1 km 2)), the next smallest state. The next largest state, its neighbor West Virginia , is almost twice the size of Maryland (24,229.76 square miles (62,754.8 km 2 )).
Located on Maryland State Highway Administration property and surrounded by interstate freeways and ramps, the tree was inaccessible to the general public. The tree and a sign bearing its name were visible to motorists on I-95 southbound, just south of the I-695 underpass. The Arbutus Lion's Club installed a fence around the tree in 1972. [1]