ALABAMA
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
External Resources
1. Wikipedia on Alabama <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama>
2. Official State Portal <http://www.alabama.gov/>
3. U.S. Census on Alabama <http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/01000.html>
4. Weather Underground for Alabama <http://www.wunderground.com/US/AL/>
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