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State federal district or territory Common name Scientific name Image Year Alabama: Longleaf pine: Pinus palustris: 1949 clarified 1997 [1] Alaska: Sitka spruce: Picea sitchensis: 1962 [2] [3] American Samoa: None [4] Arizona: Blue palo verde: Parkinsonia florida: 1954 [5] [6] Arkansas: Loblolly pine: Pinus taeda: 1939 [7] California: Coast ...
This is a list of official U.S. state foods: State Food type Food name Image ... State tree fruit: Peach: 2006 [4] State dessert: ... Florida: State fruit: Orange ...
California red-legged frog Rana draytonii: 2014 [2] Animal: California grizzly bear Ursus arctos californicus: 1958 Bat: Pallid bat. Antrozous pallidus. 2024 [3] Bird: California quail Callipepla californica: 1931 [4] Colors: Blue and gold Blue represents the sky, and gold represents the color of the precious metal found by forty-niners in the ...
Tree Planters State (formerly the official state nickname) [76] [77] Nevada: Battle Born State (refers to the fact that Nevada joined the Union during the Civil War) Sagebrush State; Silver State (used on license plates) Casino State New Hampshire: Granite State [79] The Live Free or Die State (official motto; "Live Free or Die" used on license ...
California: Golden State. ... Florida: The Sunshine State. ... Ohio's nickname comes from the buckeye, the official state tree, which bears fruit containing poisonous nuts resembling the eye of a ...
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]
The nickname became official in 1995 thanks to Rep. Dennis Young, who introduced legislation citing the state's various rivers, streams, lakes, bayous, mountains, and wildlife.
The sabal palmetto is the official state tree of both Florida and South Carolina (the latter is nicknamed "The Palmetto State"). The annual football rivalry game between Clemson and South Carolina is known as the "Palmetto Bowl". A silhouette of S. palmetto appears on the official flag of the US state of South Carolina. [20]