| From ClassBrain.com TN State Symbols
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
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 © Copyright 2004 by ClassBrain.com |
