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The Northeast > Pennsylvania > Identification

PENNSYLVANIAN IDENTIFICATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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State colors > Color 2
State fossil > Age Devonian
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state colors
State fossil > Binomial nomenclature Phacops rana
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state fossils
State fossil > Common name trilobite
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state fossils
State fossil > Year 1,988
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state fossils
State mottos > Motto
Virtue, Liberty, and Independence
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state fossils
State Name Pennsylvania
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state mottos
State soil
Hazleton
Source: John
State tree Eastern Hemlock
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state soils
State tree > Binomial Nomenclature Tsuga canadensis
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state trees
Symbols > State animal
Whitetail Deer (State animal); Great Dane (State dog)
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state trees
Symbols > State bird Ruffed Grouse
Source: "State Names, Seals, Flags and Symbols" by Benjamin F. Shearer, Barbara S. Shearer.
Symbols > State motto
Virtue, liberty, and independence
Source: "State Names, Seals, Flags and Symbols" by Benjamin F. Shearer, Barbara S. Shearer.
Traditional abbreviation > Other Penn. or Penna.
Source: FirstGov Official Government Website, Wikipedia
U.S. state beverages > Drink Milk
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. states by traditional abbreviation
U.S. state beverages > Year & Citation 1982
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state beverages
U.S. state colors > Color 1
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state beverages
U.S. state colors > Color 2
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state colors
U.S. state insects > Binomial name
Coccinella septempunctata and Photuris pensylvanicus
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state colors
U.S. state insects > State insect
Ladybug and Firefly
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state insects

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SOURCES: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state colors; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state fossils; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state mottos; John; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state soils; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state trees; "State Names, Seals, Flags and Symbols" by Benjamin F. Shearer, Barbara S. Shearer.; FirstGov Official Government Website, Wikipedia; Wikipedia: List of U.S. states by traditional abbreviation; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state beverages ; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state colors ; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state insects

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: PA

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