What is maines state flower

Did you have any idea that Maine considers a flower to be a brown, woody object with scales. So are pine cones flowers, scientifically speaking? No, actually they are not, which makes them the only official state flower that are not flowers at all. Cones are known in the botanical world as gymnosperm seeds , and date back to prehistoric times - but so are flowers, ancient that is and both are symmetrical etc. Adopted by the Legislature of Snow Music by: Roger V.

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Maine County Map , 16 Counties. Katahdin Mountain ; 5, feet, 1, m , 22nd tallest. Image Appalaachian Mountains extend through state; western borders have rugged terrain, long sand beaches on southern coast; northern coast mainly rocky promontories, peninsulas, fjords. Efforts promptly began in many states to name a state flower. Three items were nominated for the state flower of Maine: an apple blossom, goldenrod, and a pine cone and tassel. A public vote was held via ballots printed in local newspapers and the winner was the pine cone and tassel.

In February of , the cone and tassel of the eastern white pine was adopted as the state flower of Maine. This was a particularly fitting choice as Maine was already known as the Pine Cone State. In the eastern white pine was adopted as the Maine state tree , meaning that the same species is both the state tree, and the state flower of Maine. The eastern white pine is Pinus strobus, also called northern white pine, white pine, northern pine, soft pine and Weymouth pine.