Facts and Symbols - The 50 States

AL

"THE HEART OF DIXIE/COTTON/YELLOWHAMMER/CAMELLIA STATE"
'Here We Rest'
'Audemas jura nostra defendre'
('We Dare Defend Our Rights')

CAPITAL: Montgomery
ADMITTED TO UNION: December 14, 1819 - 22nd State
FLOWER: Camellia
TREE: Southern Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris Miller)
BIRD: Yellowhammer (Flicker, Yellow-shafted Flicker, Southern Flicker) {Colaptes auratus Linnaeus}
GAME BIRD: Wild Turkey
HORSE: Racking Horse
GEMSTONE: Star Blue Quartz
ROCK: Marble (Calcium Carbonite)
MINERAL: Hematrite (Red Iron Ore)
REPTILE: Alabama Red-bellied Turtle
INSECT: Monarch Butterfly
SALTWATER (GAME) FISH: Fighting Tarpon (tarpon atlanticus)
FRESHWATER FISH: Largemouth Bass
NUT: Pecan
DANCE: Square Dance
CREED: "Alabamian's Creed"
SHELL: Scaphella junonia johnstoneae
FOSSIL: Basilosaurus Cetoides (Primitive Whale)
MASCOT AND BUTTERFLY: Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
SONG: "Alabama"
REGION: Southern State

ALASKA

AK

"AMERICA'S LAST FRONTIER/THE GREAT LAND/THE LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN/formerly, SEWARD'S FOLLY, SEWARD'S ICE BOX"
'North to the Future'

CAPITAL: Juneau
ADMITTED TO UNION: January 3, 1959 - 49th State
FLOWER: Forget-me-not
TREE: Sitka Spruce (picea sitchenensis)
BIRD: Alaska Willow Ptarmigan (Willow Grouse) {Lagopus lagopus alascensis Swarth}
MARINE MAMMAL: Bowhead Whale
GEM: Jade
MINERAL: Gold
INSECT: Four-spot Skimmer Dragonfly
FISH: King Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
FOSSIL: Wooly Mammouth
SPORT: Dog Mushing
SONG: "Alaska's Flag"
REGION: Pacific State

ARIZONA

AZ

"THE GRAND CANYON/APACHE/COPPER STATE"
'Ditat Deus'
('God Enriches')

CAPITAL: Phoenix
ADMITTED TO UNION: February 14. 1912 - 48th State
FLOWER: Saguaro Cactus Blossom
TREE: Paloverde (Green-barked Acacia)
BIRD: Cactus Wren
GEM: Turquoise
NECKWEAR: Bola Tie
SONGS: "Arizona" "Arizona March Song"
REGION: Southwestern State

ARKANSAS

AR

"THE NATURAL/LAND OF OPPORTUNITY/WONDER STATE"
'Regnat Populus'
('The People Rule')
"Mercy and Justice'

CAPITAL: Little Rock
ADMITTED TO UNION: June 15, 1836 - 25th State
FLOWER: Apple blossom
TREE: Pine
BIRD: Mockingbird
INSECT: Honeybee
GEM: Diamond
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE: Pink Tomato
BEVERAGE: Milk
ROCK: Bauxite
MAMMAL: White-tailed Deer
MINERAL: Quartz Crystal
FOLK DANCE: Square Dance
INSTRUMENT: Fiddle
SONG: "Arkansas"
REGION: Southern State

CALIFORNIA

CA

"THE GOLDEN STATE"
'Eureka'
('I Have Found It')

CAPITAL: Sacramento
ADMITTED TO UNION: September 9, 1850 - 31st State
FLOWER: California Golden Poppy (Escholtzia californica)
TREE: California Redwood (Sequoia sempervires and Sequoia gigantea)
BIRD: California Valley Quail (Lophortyz californica)
MINERAL: Native Gold
ROCK: Serpentine
GEMSTONE: Benitoite (Blue Diamond)
MARINE MAMMAL: California Gray Whale (eschrichitius robustus)
ANIMAL: California Grizzly Bear (Ursus californicus)
INSECT: California Dogface (Doghead) Butterfly (Zerene eurydice)
FOSSIL: Sabre-tooth Cat (Smilodon californicus)
PREHISTORIC ARTIFACT: Chipped Stone Bear
MARINE FISH: Garibaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus)
FISH: Golden Trout (Salmo agua-bonita)
DANCE: West Coast Swing Dance
FOLK DANCE: Square Dance
REPTILE: California Desert Reptile (Gopherus agassizi)
SOIL: San Joaquin Soil
COLORS: Blue and Gold
CLOUD: Sierra lenticular
MOLLUSK: Banana Slug
POET LAUREATE: Charles B. Garrigus
FIFE AND DRUM BAND: California Consolidated Drum Band
THEATER: Pasadena Playhouse
SONG: "I Love You, California"
REGION: Pacific Coast State

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