Species
| Type | Symbol | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Bird | Yellowhammer (yellow-shafted flicker) Colaptes auratus | 1933 |
| Saltwater fish | Atlantic tarpon Megalops atlanticus | 1955 |
| Flower | Camellia Camellia japonica L. | 1959 |
| Horse | Racking Horse Equus caballus | 1975 |
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Contents
What is Alabama state bird?
September 6, 1927
Bibb Graves passed a bill declaring the Northern flicker as the official State Bird of Alabama. Known as the yellowhammer because of its yellow underwings and flight feather shafts, the woodpecker is found throughout Alabama during all seasons.
What is Alabama State animal?
Black Bear
In 2006 the Alabama Legislature designated the Black Bear (subfamily ursinae, Ursus americanus Pallas), to be the official state mammal of Alabama.
What flower is Alabama known for?
The camellia has long been a pampered and cherished plant, considered more delicate and difficult to grow than it really is. Gardeners today are rediscovering the camellia as an evergreen shrub of ruggedness and great beauty.
What is Alabama state tree?
The Legislature first designated the state as the Southern pine tree in 1949. Because there are so many kinds of pine trees, the Southern Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris Miller), was specified as the state tree of Alabama by the Legislature in 1997.
What is the state insect of Alabama?
The Monarch Butterfly
The Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus), is a native butterfly well-known to Alabama. In 1989 the legislature made the Monarch Butterfly the state insect by Act no. 89-935.
What’s Alabama’s nickname?
Cotton StateHeart of DixieYellowhammer State
What is the state vegetable of Alabama?
sweet potato
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey’s office said Friday that the governor signed the bill naming the sweet potato as the official state vegetable. The Alabama Legislature this week gave final approval to the bill. The Alabama Senate vote 29-0 for the bill.
What is Alabama state reptile?
Alabama red-bellied turtle
The Alabama red-bellied turtle is Alabama’s state reptile.
What color is the Alabama state flower?
In its wild state the Camellia bears a single red flower with only five petals, but under man’s care it has become a double flower with many petals. Alabama’s splendid variety is a large, bright crimson flower with deep veined, rounded petals.
What flowers are native to Alabama?
Alabama Native Plants List
- Red buckeye (Aesculus pavia)
- Climbing aster (Ampelaster carolinianus)
- White prickly poppy (Argemone albiflora)
- American bluehearts (Buchnera Americana)
- Many flower grass pink (Calopogon multiflorus)
- Bandana of the everglades (Canna flaccida)
- Rosy sedge (Carex rosea)
What are the purple flowers in Alabama?
The flowers of the Princess Tree are its most visible asset – the large panicles of lilac purple are very showy in spring usually opening in the late March to early April time frame in north Alabama.
What is special about Alabama state butterfly?
Official State Insect of Alabama
The migratory monarch is a native butterfly well-known to Alabama. Both caterpillar and adult butterfly are brilliant in color as a warning (the Monarch butterfly ingests toxins from the milkweed plant which are poisonous to predators).
Why is Alabama the honey bee state?
The state agricultural insect is the queen honeybee. The designation was made in 2015 at the request of the Alabama Farmers Federation. The act was meant to draw attention to the importance of honeybees in pollinating crops.
Why do Alabama say Roll Tide?
The origin of Roll Tide as a rallying cry can be traced to the Alabama—or ‘Bama as it’s often abbreviated—football team. ‘Bama fans yell Roll Tide to encourage the team … not that they need encouraging because they’re pretty good at winning. The phrase is sometimes elongated by folks in Birmingham to “roll tide, roll.”
What state is Heart of Dixie?
Alabama
Official Symbols and Emblems of Alabama
The Chamber noted that “Alabama is geographically the Heart of Dixie, Alabama is industrially the Heart of Dixie, Alabama is, in fact, the Heart of Dixie.” The Chamber of Commerce advocated its use on state license plates and a bill was passed in 1951 to add it to license plates.
What are the 3 nicknames of Alabama?
Nickname: Alabama does not have an official nickname, but is often referred to as the “Heart of Dixie.” It has also been called the “Cotton State” and the “Yellowhammer State.”
What fruit is each state known for?
Official State Fruit of California
- Avocado – State Fruit.
- State Nuts: Almond, Walnut, Pistachio, Pecan.
What is the state amphibian of Alabama?
Red Hills salamander
The official state amphibian of Alabama is the Red Hills salamander, Phaeognathus hubrichti Highton 1961. Extremely secretive and rarely seen, the Red Hills salamander is thought to exist only in a limited area of south Alabama in Butler, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Covington and Monroe Counties.
What is the Alabama state flag look like?
U.S. state flag consisting of a white field with a red saltire (diagonal cross). During the Civil War (1861–65) an unofficial flag of blue with a yellow or white star represented the separation of Alabama from the Union.
What kind of turtles live in Alabama?
Emydid Turtles – Family Emydidae
| Southern Painted Turtle | Eastern Painted Turtle |
| Barbour’s Map Turtle | Escambia Map Turtle |
| Black-knobbed Sawback | Ouachita Map Turtle |
| Mississippi Diamondback Terrapin | Alabama Red-bellied Turtle (endangered) |
| Florida Cooter | Eastern Box Turtle |
