FLORIDA STATE FACTS
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Mockingbird
Manatee
Gopher Tortoise
Coreopsis
Horse Conch
Key Lime Pie
Orange Blossom
Zebra Longwing
Bottlenose Dolphin
Source: statesymbolsusa.org
American Alligator
ANIMAL: Florida Panther
BEVERAGE: Orange Juice
BIRD: Mockingbird
BUTTERFLY: Zebra Longwing
CAPITAL: Tallahassee
FLOWER: Orange Blossom
FRESHWATER FISH:
Largemouth Bass
FRUIT: Orange
MARINE MAMMAL: Manatee
PIE: Key Lime Pie
“Florida” was named Pascua Florida by explorer Ponce de Leon in 1513.
Translation: means “Flowery Easter” or “Flowering Easter” (after Spain’s
“Feast of the Flowers” Easter celebration).
First permanent European settlement: St. Augustine in 1565 by Spain.
Florida is known as “The Sunshine State” and has 663 miles of beaches!
POPULATION: 20 million
REPTILE: American Alligator
SALTWATER FISH: Sailfish
SALTWATER MAMMAL:
Bottlenose Dolphin
SALTWATER REPTILE:
Loggerhead Sea Turtle
SHELL: Horse Conch
TORTOISE: Gopher
TREE: Sabal Palm
WILDFLOWER: Coreopsis