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The South > Tennessee > Identification

TENNESSEAN IDENTIFICATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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State butterflies > Binomial nomenclature Eurytides marcellus
State butterflies > State butterfly Zebra Swallowtail
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state butterflies
State butterflies > Year
1995( , Tennessee Department of State. Retrieved 2008-03-29)
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state butterflies
State fossil > Age Cretaceous
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state butterflies
State fossil > Binomial nomenclature Pterotrigonia thoracica
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state fossils
State fossil > Common name bivalve
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state fossils
State mottos > Motto Agriculture and commerce
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state fossils
State Name Tennessee
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state mottos
State reptile Eastern Box Turtle
Source: John
State reptile > Binomial nomenclature
Terrapene carolina
subspecies carolina
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state reptiles
State reptile > Year adopted 1,995
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state reptiles
State soil
Dickson
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state reptiles
State tree
Tulip-tree
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state soils
State tree > Binomial Nomenclature Liriodendron tulipifera
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state trees
Symbols > State animal
Tennessee Walking Horse (State horse); Raccoon (State wild animal)
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state trees
Symbols > State bird
Mockingbird (State bird); Bobwhite Quail (State game bird)
Source: "State Names, Seals, Flags and Symbols" by Benjamin F. Shearer, Barbara S. Shearer.
Symbols > State motto
Agriculture and Commerce (1987)
Source: "State Names, Seals, Flags and Symbols" by Benjamin F. Shearer, Barbara S. Shearer.
U.S. state insects > Binomial name
Photuris and Coccinella septempunctata
Source: FirstGov Official Government Website, Wikipedia
U.S. state insects > State insect
Firefly and Ladybug
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state insects
U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones > State Geological Symbols > Rock Limestone (1979)
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state insects

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SOURCES: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state butterflies; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state fossils; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state mottos; John; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state reptiles; 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. state insects ; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones

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