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The state motto and seal have been official since Virginia declared its independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. Virginia is one of only two states (the other being Mississippi with the Magnolia) to have the same plant for state flower and state tree, the Flowering Dogwood. [1] Most of the symbols were made official in the late 20th century.
West Virginia: Sugar maple: Acer saccharum: 1949 [62] Wisconsin: Sugar maple: ... "State Trees and State Flowers". United States National Arboretum. July 14, 2010.
The man under the tree is 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) tall. The Emancipation Oak in Hampton, Virginia. The Seven Sisters Oak, estimated to be between 500 and 1,000 years old, is the largest certified southern live oak tree. The Angel Oak on Johns Island, South Carolina, near Charleston is estimated to be 400–500 years old. It has a trunk circumference ...
Pinus virginiana, the Virginia pine, scrub pine, Jersey pine, possum pine, is a medium-sized tree, often found on poorer soils from Long Island in southern New York south through the Appalachian Mountains to western Tennessee and Alabama. The usual size range for this pine is 9–18 m, (18–59 feet) but can grow larger under optimum conditions ...
Betula uber, the Virginia round-leaf birch, is a rare species of tree in the birch family. One of the most endangered species of North American trees, it is endemic to Smyth County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is part of the temperate broadleaf and mixed forests biome. Leaves
The state is home to a high number of Eastern white pine trees. Maryland has two nicknames: the "Old Line State" and the "Free State." Maryland's nickname, the "Old Line State," was given during ...
Emancipation Oak is a historic tree on the campus of Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia, in the United States. The large, sprawling southern live oak ( Quercus virginiana ), believed to be over 200 years old, [ 2 ] is 98 feet (30 m) in diameter, with branches which extend upward as well as laterally.
Ostrya virginiana (American hophornbeam) is a small deciduous understory tree growing to 18 m (59 ft) tall and 20–50 centimetres (8–20 in) trunk diameter. The bark is brown to gray-brown, with narrow shaggy plates flaking off, while younger twigs and branches are smoother and gray, with small lenticels.