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Geobotanically, Missouri belongs to the North American Atlantic region, and spans all three floristic provinces that make up the region: the state transitions from the deciduous forest of the Appalachian province to the grasslands of the North American Prairies province in the west and northwest, and the northward extension of the Mississippi embayment places the bootheel in the Atlantic and ...
State Fruit: Blueberry: 2023 [69] Missouri: State tree nut: Eastern black walnut (Juglans nigra) 1990 [70] State grape: Norton/Cynthiana (Vitis aestivalis) 2003 [71] [72]
Fruit tree: Pawpaw tree Asimina triloba: 2019 [9] Game bird: Bobwhite Quail Colinus virginianus [14] 2007 [1] Grape: Norton Vitis aestivalis: 2003 [1] [15] Grass: Big bluestem Andropogon gerardi: 2007 [1] [16] Historical dog: Old Drum: 2017 [9] Hockey team: St. Louis Blues 2019 [17] Holiday: Missouri Day (Third Wednesday in October) 1915 [18 ...
Merriam-Webster defines "fruit" as "the usually edible reproductive body of a seed plant." Most often, these seed plants are sweet and enjoyed as dessert (think berries and melons), but some ...
Ribes missouriense, the Missouri gooseberry, Missouri currant or wild gooseberry, is a prickly, many-stemmed shrub native to the north-central United States (Great Lakes, upper Mississippi and lower Missouri Valleys). Scattered populations have been found further east, most of them likely escapes cultivation.
The Plant List is an Internet encyclopedia project to compile a comprehensive list of botanical nomenclature, created by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and the Missouri Botanical Garden. [12] The Plant List has 1,040,426 scientific plant names of species rank, of which 298,900 are accepted species names.
Geocarpon minimum, known as tinytim, earth fruit, or simply geocarpon; Asclepias meadii, Mead's milkweed; Physaria filiformis, Missouri bladderpod; Lindera melissifolia, pondberry; Trifolium stoloniferum, running buffalo clover; Platanthera praeclara, western prairie fringed orchid
Missouri River near Rocheport, Missouri. Missouri is home to a diversity of flora, fauna and funga.There is a large amount of fresh water present due to the Mississippi River, Missouri River, and Lake of the Ozarks, with numerous smaller rivers, streams, and lakes.