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Appaloosa its official state horse.
Every state has an official tree, and 18 chose a conifer—from the longleaf pine (Alabama) to the Black Hills spruce (South Dakota). Other popular species are the oak. elm, and maple, while Mississippi, naturally, chose the magnolia.
Mississippi also named the magnolia its official state flower, as did Louisiana. Five states and the District of Columbia decided that a rose, by any name, is sweet. So, D.C. went with the American Beauty rose; Georgia, the Cherokee rose; Iowa, the wild rose; North Dakota, the wild prairie rose; and New York, which isn't picky, just the rose.
Of the 18 states that decided to designate an official insect, nine chose the honeybee, that helpful
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