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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
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 ...
The Good Life (as seen on state border signs) [citation needed] 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]
State tree: Colorado Blue Spruce (Picea pungens) State fossil: Stegosaurus (Stegosaurus armatus) State gemstone: Aquamarine: State mineral: Rhodochrosite: State rock: Yule Marble: State soil: Seitz soil: State folk dance: Square Dance: State ship: USS Colorado (SSN-788) State songs: Where the Columbines Grow & Rocky Mountain High: State sport ...
List of state trees may refer to: List of Indian state trees, for the Indian states; List of state trees of Venezuela, for the Venezuelan states; List of U.S. state and territory trees, for the U.S. states.
^ Florida's state gem, moonstone, was adopted to highlight Florida's role in the United States' Lunar program, which landed the first astronauts on the Moon. [81] ^ Since 1983, Massachusetts has had 3 other official state rocks: State Historical Rock (Plymouth Rock), State Explorer Rock (Dighton Rock), and State Building and Monument Stone . In ...
The blue spruce is the state tree of Colorado. [66] It officially became Colorado's state tree on 7 March 1939 when House Joint Resolution 7 was enacted by the legislature. Previously a vote of the state's school children was taken on Arbor Day in 1892 expressing their preference for the blue spruce as the state tree. [67]
The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) uses a set of two-letter prefixes for vessel numbers; [18] 39 states and the District of Columbia have the same USPS and USCG abbreviations. USCG prefixes have also been established for five outlying territories; all are the same as the USPS abbreviations except the Mariana Islands.