project By Mariah Jones

West Virginia State Capital: Charleston State Motto: “Mountaineers are Always Free” State Nickname: Mountain State State Flower: Rhododendron maximum State Tree: Sugar Maple

Virgini a  State capital: Richmond  State Motto: Sic semper tyrannies (Thus always to tyrants)  State Nickname: The Old Dominion; Mother of Presidents  State Flower: American dogwood (  State bird: cardinal  State tree:

Tennessee  State Capital: Nashville  State Motto: Agriculture and Commerce  State nickname: Volunteer State  State Flower: Iris  State Bird: mockingbird  State Tree: tulip poplar

South Carolina  State Capital :Columbia  State Motto: While I breathe, I hope  State Nickname: Palmetto State  State Flower: Carolina yellow jess amine  State bird: Carolina wren  State Tree: palmetto tree

North Carolina  State Capital: Raleigh  State Motto: To be rather than to seem  State Nickname: Tar Heel State  State Flower: dogwood  State Bird: cardinal  State Tree: pine

Mississippi  State Capital: Jackson  State Motto: By valor and arms  State Nickname: Magnolia State  State Flower: flower or bloom of the magnolia or evergreen magnolia  State Bird: mockingbird  State Tree: magnolia

Louisiana  State Capital: Baton rouge  State Motto: Union, justice, and confidence  State Nickname: Pelican State  State Flower: magnolia  State Bird: eastern brown pelican  Stat Tree: bald cypress

Kentucky  State Capital: Frankfort  State Motto: United we stand, divided we fall  State Nickname: Bluegrass State  State Flower: goldenrod  State Bird: Kentucky cardinal  State Tree: tulip poplar

Georgia  State Capital :Atlanta  State Motto: Wisdom, justice, and moderation  State Nickname: Peach State, Empire State of the South  State Flower: Cherokee rose  State Bird: brown thrasher  State Tree: live oak

Florida  State Capital: Tallahassee  State Motto: In God we trust  State Nickname: Sunshine State  State Flower: orange blossom  State Bird: mockingbird

Arkansas  State Capital: Little rock  State Nickname: The Natural State  State Motto: The people rule  State bird: mockingbird  State Flower: apple blossom  State Tree: pine

Alabama  State Capital: Montgomery  State Motto: We dare defend our rights)  State Nickname: Yellowhammer State  State Flower: camellia  State Bird: yellowhammer  State Tree: Southern longleaf pine