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Flower: Hawthorn (also known as "red haw" or "wild haw") [1] Crataegus punctata: 1923 [11] Football team: Kansas City Chiefs ... List of Missouri state symbols.
While some sources claim it is the state flower of Missouri, [4] the actual legislation does not identify an exact species. [5] Furthermore, the Missouri Department of Conservation asserts the Crataegus mollis was specifically designated as the state flower. [6]
(state wild flower) Trillium grandiflorum: 1987 [51] Oklahoma: Oklahoma rose (state flower) Rosa: 2004 [52] Indian blanket (state wildflower) Gaillardia pulchella: 1986 [52] Mistletoe (state floral emblem) Phoradendron leucarpum: 1893 [52] Oregon: Oregon grape: Berberis aquifolium: 1899 [53] Pennsylvania: Mountain laurel (state flower) Kalmia ...
Geobotanically, Missouri belongs to the North American Atlantic region, and spans all three floristic provinces that make up the region: the state transitions from the deciduous forest of the Appalachian province to the grasslands of the North American Prairies province in the west and northwest, and the northward extension of the Mississippi embayment places the bootheel in the Atlantic and ...
Missouri: State tree nut: Eastern black walnut (Juglans nigra) 1990 [70] State grape: Norton/Cynthiana (Vitis aestivalis) 2003 [71] [72] State dessert: Ice cream cone ...
It includes flora taxa that are native to Missouri. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included. Higher taxa are included only if endemic. For the purposes of this category, "Missouri" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. That is, the geographic region is defined by its political boundaries.
3 Plants. 4 References. ... peregrine falcon, currently being reintroduced to the state in urban ... Forbesichthys agassizi, spring cavefish, the only Missouri ...
Parts of Missouri were covered by the Western Interior Seaway at the time. [10] The seawater again intruding onto Missouri originated from the Gulf of Mexico this time. The southeastern part of the state with Cretaceous sedimentation, became part of a region known as the Mississippi Embayment. On land, early flowering plants were blooming in ...