Florida

Tree: Sabal Palmetto Palm
Flower: Orange Blossom
Animal: Panther (Puma)
Song: The Swanee River

Entered the Union: March 3, 1845 (27)		State Nickname Sunshine State State Motto In God We Trust
Capital: Tallahassee
Origin of Name: Named on Easter 1513 by Ponce De Leon for Pascua Florida – "Flowery Easter"
Famous for: Beaches, Disney World, Daytona 500, Cypress Gardens, NASA Space Center, Everglades
National Forests: 3 • National Parks: 13 • State Forests: 31 • State Parks: 158
Famous people born in florida: Wallace Amos (founder of Amos Cookie Corp.), Faye Dunaway • Burt Reynolds • Sidney Poitier (actors), Gloria Estefan (singer), Steve "Lefty" Carlton (baseball), Osceola (Seminole Indian), Charles & John Ringling (founders Ringling Bros & Barnum & Bailey Circus), David Robinson (basketball), Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (author), Charles & John Ringling (circus), Janet Reno (first woman attorney general), Norman Thargard (astronaut), Clarence Thomas (US Supreme Court)