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Florida was named by Ponce de Leon in 1512 due to the fact that the whole region which he saw was covered with flowers. Florida nicknames are: «Land of flowers», «Orange state» and «Everglade state». State flower of Florida is orange blossom and state tree of Florida are sabal palm and etto palm. In Florida you can eat grapefruit and granges right from the trees. A lot of vegetables and sugar cane are raised here.

Four-fifth of Maine is covered by forests that feed its wood-processing industry. Hence its nickname the “Pine-Tree State”. Today great trees became the booms and masts of England’s sailing ships. State flower is white pine cone and tassel and state tree is white pine.

Nevada nickname is sage brush state. Nevada was the last of the American states to be explored. The land seemed nothing but desert wilderness, discouraging to the homesteader. Only sagebrush grew in the valleys, and for the cattle there was only bunch grass to feed on.

Perhaps inspired by the National Garland of Flowers of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Texas began the work of naming an official state flower in 1901. Historical records note three serious contenders for the position. The open cotton boll was promoted by Legislator Phil Clement of Mills, Texas. Cotton was king in Texas in 1901 and he referred to his nomination as the "white rose of commerce." Though cotton was big business, the cotton boll as state flower didn't receive big support in the Legislature. State Representative John Nance Garner of Uvalde would become Vice-President of the United States under Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1932. But in 1901, he was promoting the flower of the prickly pear cactus as the best choice for the title of official state flower of Texas. He praised the hardy durability of the cactus and the "orchid-like" beauty of its flowers. John Nance Garner's nomination did not win the approval of the Texas Legislature, but his enthusiasm for the plant earned him the nickname of "Cactus Jack" which stayed with him his entire life. John Green, of Cuero suggested the bluebonnet. His nomination was clarified by a group of Texas women. The chapter of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in Texas suggested that the bluebonnet would represent the State of Texas most appropriately as its official state flower. To punctuate their suggestion, they acquired a bluebonnet painting by Miss Mode Walker of Austin and presented it to the Legislature. The bill designating the blue bonnet or buffalo clover (Lupinus subcarnosus) as the official state flower of Texas was approved by the Regular Session of the Twenty-seventh Legislature, convened at the City of Austin and was signed by Governor Joseph D. Sayers on March 7, 1901. On this day, a seventy-year debate over which species should really be the state flower of Texas began. The debate centered on the species of bluebonnet chosen to represent the state. The Legislators that approved Lupinus subcarnosus as the official flower were not aware that several varieties of Lupinus grew in the state. The variety adopted grows in the sandy, rolling hills of coastal and southern Texas. It was not as common as other varieties and some thought that its small, dainty blossoms were not the most attractive. The issue was debated for 70 years. Favorites emerged, among them the Lupinus texensis, common throughout central Texas and producing big, bold deep blue blossoms in the spring. The Legislature took their time. When they finally did get around to addressing the issue in 1971, they amended the 1901 statute, on March 8, 1971, to include Lupinus texensis and, gun-shy, «any other variety of bluebonnet not heretofore recorded." Essentially, all bluebonnets found in Texas are now considered the official flower of the state. Ostensibly, this would also include the pink and white varieties found in the state and under development. The bluebonnet is also known as buffalo clover, wolf flower and el conejo (Spanish for "the rabbit").

The palmetto grows abundantly in South Carolina, especially along the coast, and is pictured on her coat of arms; as a result it has given state tree is palmetto. State flower of South Carolina is yellow Jessamine.

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