Florida Florida is a fun place to be. It is hot and humid. There are alligators and mockingbirds and a bunch of other animals there.

Brief Facts State Capital: Tallahassee State Motto: In God We Trust State Flag Was Adopted In 1899 State Seal Was Adopted In 1985 And It Depicts A Seminole Indian Women State Flower: Orange Blossom State Bird: Mockingbird

Indian Tribes Seminole Indians Apalachee Indians Calusa Indians Tequesta Indians

Seminole Indians Moved Into Florida In The 1700s Used To Live In Alabama And Georgia Seminole Means Runaways They Mostly Eat Fish Make A Living By Hunting Bear And Deer They Raised Cattle Slaves That Escaped Were Welcome Join Their Tribe

Settlement Juan Ponce De Leon

Reached Florida In 1513 He Named It La Florida In Honor Of Pascua Florid Which Is Spanish For Easter

Geography Florida Is In The Southeast Region The States Georgia And Alabama Are Florida’s Neighbors Florida Is Coastal Atlantic Ocean And Gulf Of Mexico Are Florida’s Major Oceans

Mountains, Canyons, Hills, Swamps, Deserts, And Plains The East Gulf Coastal Plain The Atlantic Coastal Plain Big Cypress Swamp St. Johns River St. Marys River Lake Okeechobee The Evergreen National Park

Major Cities Tampa Tallahassee Sarasota Saint Petersburg Saint Augustine Pensacola

Tallahassee Florida’s State Capital Tallahassee Is Northwestern Part Of The State Near The Border Of Georgia The Name Tallahassee Comes From An Indian Word Meaning “Old Town”

Sarasota The Center Of Florida’s Cultural Coast It Lays On Bay Of West Coast

Pensacola The Largest Deep-Water Seaport Pensacola Lies On The Pensacola Bay In Northwestern Florida

Climate Warm And Humid There Are Long Summers And Short Winters There Is Hardly Ever Snow January Is The Coldest Month August And July Are The Hottest Months -2 Degrees Fahrenheit Is The Coldest Recorded Temperature And 109 Degrees Fahrenheit Is The Hottest Recorded Temperature In Florida

Trees Sabal Palmetto Palm Tree Ashes

Flowers Orchids Irises Orange Blossom

Sabal Palmetto Can Also Be Called Cabbage Palm Can Grow 20 To 90 Feet Tall It Has Edible Leaf Buds

Orange Blossom They Are White They Grow Oranges

Iris Iris Means Rainbow It Is Colorful And Has Red And Yellow

Orchid Extremely Large Means A Plant That Lives For At Least 3 Years

Animals Alligators Gray Foxes Black Bears Mocking Bird

Alligators It’s Body Is Like A Giant Lizard It’s Jaws Are Set With Many Teeth

Gray Fox It’s Body Is Like A Dog It Is Very Good At Hunting

Black Bear It Has Shaggy Thick Fur It Is Very Large And Powerful

Mocking Bird They Build Nests In Low Trees And Bushes They Can Grow To Be 9 To 11 Inches The Mocking Bird Is Florida’s State Bird