Symbols for Tennessee: Botanical and Garden Symbols By Nora Kirkeby Mar 7, 2007, 22:29 PST

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Yellowwood Tree Photo by Paul Wray of Iowa State University Courtesy of www.forestryimages.org

Tennessee State Bicentennial Tree
The yellowwood tree was chosen as Tennessee's bicentennial tree as part of Tennessee's two hundred year anniversary. Check out this page on the yellowwood. It has great information and great photographs.
Source: Colorado Tree Coalition

Tennessee State Cultivated Flower
Tennessee's state flower, officially designated the official cultivated flower, is the iris. This page has great information and trivia on both Tennessee and its beloved iris.
Source: The Flower Expert

Tennessee State Tree
Did you know that Tennessee chose it's state flower in part because pioneers used it's wood to build the state's first buildings? Find out the legislature's other reasons where on this helpful page.
Source: Tennessee Department of State

Passion Flower Photo by Ken Walker Licensed under the Creative Commons

Tennessee State Wildflower
This page on Tennessee's state wildflower, the passion flower, has everything from the way the flower got its name, to where it grows, and how it was once used in medicine.
Source: Alternative Nature Online Herbal

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