Symbols for Wisconsin: Botanical and Garden Symbols

WI State Symbols
Symbols for Wisconsin: Botanical and Garden Symbols
By Nora Kirkeby
Aug 7, 2007, 12:14 PST

Photograph by Joseph O'Brien
By the USDA Forest Service
Photograph courtesy bugwood.org
Photograph under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License

Wisconsin State Flower
Wisconsin's state flower is the beautiful and delicate wood violet. This page has lots of great trivia on the wood violet and the state of Wisconsin so check it out.
Source: The Flower Expert

Wisconsin State Grain
Wisconsin's state grain is corn. This great corn website has all sorts of fascinating corn trivia so check it out.
Source: Camp Silos

Wisconsin State Soil - (Adobe Acrobat Required)
The antigo silt loam soil series is Wisconsin’s official state soil. Learn about its significance in Wisconsin, and see a breakdown of the soil composition.
Source: National Recourses Conservation Service

Wisconsin State Tree
Wisconsin's state tree is the sugar maple. This page has some great information. From Wisconsin's Champion to the sugar maple's election as a state symbol by school children, this has great information.
Source: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources