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The state of Georgia has approximately 250 tree species and 58 protected plants. Georgia's native trees include red cedar, a variety of pines, oaks, maples, palms, sweetgum, scaly-bark and white hickories, as well as many others. Yellow jasmine, flowering quince, and mountain laurel make up just a few of the flowering shrubs in the state. [1]
Georgia Museum of Art: 1982 [3] Atlas The Atlas of Georgia 1985 [4] Ballet company Atlanta Ballet: 1973 [5] Beef barbecue championship Cook-off The Hawkinsville Civitan Club's "Shoot the Bull" barbecue championship 1997 [6] [7] Bird: Brown thrasher Toxostoma rufum: 1935 (1970) [note 1] [8] [9] Botanical garden State Botanical Garden of Georgia ...
This is a list of the mammals native to the U.S. state of Georgia.. The critically endangered North Atlantic right whale is the state marine mammal of Georgia. West Indian manatee, vulnerable Little brown bat, endangered American bison, near threatened Indiana bat, near threatened New England cottontail, vulnerable Eastern small-footed myotis, endangered False killer whale, near threatened ...
List of butterflies of Georgia (U.S. state) M. List of mammals of Georgia (U.S. state) R. List of species of special concern in Rabun County, Georgia; S.
As the urban sprawl of Georgia's ever-growing cities continue to cut into more and more rural areas, the impact greatly affects the state's wildlife inhabitants.
A state mammal is the official mammal of a U.S. state as designated by a state's legislature. The first column of the table is for those denoted as the state mammal, and the second shows the state marine mammals. Animals with more specific designations are also listed.
Uncommon, appearing in localities in northwest and southwest Georgia. Least Concern: Fagaceae: Quercus myrtifolia Willd. [1]: 108 Myrtle Oak: Occasional along outer Coastal Plain: Least Concern: Fagaceae: Quercus nigra L. [1]: 109 Water Oak: State-wide, more common in Coastal Plain and Piedmont: Least Concern: Fagaceae: Quercus oglethorpensis W ...
South Carolina leaders are moving to shut off public access to records that pinpoint the locations of rare plants and animals across the state, arguing that making the records secret will protect ...