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Massachusetts: Mayflower: Epigaea repens: 1918 [30] Michigan: Apple blossom (state flower) Malus: 1897 [31] Dwarf lake iris (state wildflower) Iris lacustris: 1998 [32] Minnesota: Pink and white lady's slipper: Cypripedium reginae: 1902 (enacted 1967) [33] [34] Mississippi: Magnolia (state flower) Magnolia: 1900 (enacted 1952) [35] Tickseed ...
This category contains the native flora of Massachusetts as defined by the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. Taxa of the lowest rank are ...
For the plant, the pollinizer, this can be an important mechanism for sexual reproduction, as the pollinator distributes its pollen. Few flowering plants self-pollinate ; some can provide their own pollen (self fertile), but require a pollinator to move the pollen; others are dependent on cross pollination from a genetically different source of ...
Flora of Indiana (53 P) Flora of Iowa ... Flora of Maryland (3 C, 45 P) Flora of Massachusetts (1 C, 32 P ... List of U.S. state and territory flowers; List of U.S ...
This is a list of U.S. state and territory plants and botanical gardens — plants and botanical gardens which have been designated as an official symbol(s) by a state or territory's legislature. 5 U.S. states and 1 U.S. territory have an official state/territory plant. 7 U.S. states have an official state botanical garden or arboretum.
Spring Wildflowers of New England by Marilyn Dwelley (Hardcover), Down East Books; 2nd edition (July 2000),ISBN 0-89272-489-7. Summer & Fall Wildflowers of New England by Marilyn Dwelley (Hardcover), Down East Books; 2nd revised edition (November 2004), ISBN 0-89272-559-1.
Plants fall into pollination syndromes that reflect the type of pollinator being attracted. These are characteristics such as: overall flower size, the depth and width of the corolla, the color (including patterns called nectar guides that are visible only in ultraviolet light), the scent, amount of nectar, composition of nectar, etc. [2] For example, birds visit red flowers with long, narrow ...
Chapter 162 of the Acts of 1997: An Act Designating the Song "The Great State of Massachusetts" as the State Glee Club Song ^ Chapter 17 of the Acts of 2003: An Act Designating the Bay State Tartan as the Official Tartan of the Commonwealth ^ Chapter 407 of the Acts of 2004: An Act Designating the Official Colors of the Commonwealth