Appendices & Glossary - Botanical Research Institute of Texas

STATE BOTANICAL SYMBOLS/APPENDIX TWENTY-THREE
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Pinus L. [Pinaceae], PINE. State tree of Arkansas (species not designated). Adopted by the General
Assembly of 1939. www.sosweb.state.ar.us/educational_history_facts.html (accessed 2/16/2005).
Shearer, B.E. and B.S. Shearer. 1994. State Names, Seals. Flags, and Symbols: A Historical Guide Revised
and Expanded. Greenwood Press, Westport, CT.
Solanum L. [Solanaceae], SOUTH ARKANSAS VINE RIPE PINK TOMATO (numerous varieties). State fruit and
vegetable of Arkansas. Adopted as an official symbol on March 16, 1987. www.sosweb.state.ar.us/
educational_history_facts.html (accessed 2/16/2005). Quasha, J. 2002. How to Draw Arkansas’ Sites
and Symbols. Rosen, New York.
LOUISIANA
Magnolia grandiflora L. [Magnoliaceae], SOUTHERN MAGNOLIA. State flower of Louisiana. Adopted as an
official symbol on August 1, 1900. Shearer, B.E. and B.S. Shearer. 1994. State Names, Seals. Flags, and
Symbols: A Historical Guide Revised and Expanded. Greenwood Press, Westport, CT.
Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich. [Cupressaceae], BALD CYPRESS. State tree of Louisiana. Adopted in 1963.
Shearer, B.E. and B.S. Shearer. 1994. State Names, Seals. Flags, and Symbols: A Historical Guide Revised
and Expanded. Greenwood Press, Westport, CT.
Iris giganticaerulea Small [Iridaceae], LOUISIANA IRIS. State wildflower of Louisiana. Adopted in 1990.
www.sec.state.la.us/around/facts/facts-index.htm (accessed 2/16/2005). Shearer, B.E. and B.S. Shearer.
1994. State Names, Seals. Flags, and Symbols: A Historical Guide Revised and Expanded. Greenwood
Press, Westport, CT.