Florida

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Florida

• Florida is a fun place to be. It is hot and
  humid.
• There are alligators
• and mockingbirds
• and a bunch of other
• animals there.

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Brief Facts

• State Capital Tallahassee
• State Motto In God We Trust
• State Flag Was Adopted In 1899
• State Seal Was Adopted In 1985 And It Depicts A
  Seminole Indian Women
• State Flower Orange Blossom
• State Bird Mockingbird

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Indian Tribes

• Seminole Indians
• Apalachee Indians
• Calusa Indians
• Tequesta Indians

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Seminole Indians

• Moved Into Florida In The 1700s
• Used To Live In Alabama And Georgia
• Seminole Means Runaways
• They Mostly Eat Fish
• Make A Living By Hunting Bear And Deer
• They Raised Cattle
• Slaves That Escaped Were Welcome Join Their
  Tribe

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Settlement

• Juan Ponce De Leon

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Juan Ponce De Leon

• Reached Florida In 1513
• He Named It La Florida In Honor Of Pascua
  Florid Which Is Spanish For Easter

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Geography

• Florida Is In The Southeast Region
• The States Georgia And Alabama Are Floridas
  Neighbors
• Florida Is Coastal
• Atlantic Ocean And Gulf Of Mexico Are Floridas
  Major Oceans

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Mountains, Canyons, Hills, Swamps, Deserts, And
Plains

• The East Gulf Coastal Plain
• The Atlantic Coastal Plain
• Big Cypress Swamp
• St. Johns River
• St. Marys River
• Lake Okeechobee
• The Evergreen National Park

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Major Cities

• Tampa
• Tallahassee
• Sarasota
• Saint Petersburg
• Saint Augustine
• Pensacola

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Tallahassee

• Floridas State Capital
• Tallahassee Is Northwestern Part Of The State
  Near The Border Of Georgia
• The Name Tallahassee Comes From An Indian Word
  Meaning Old Town

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Sarasota

• The Center Of Floridas Cultural Coast
• It Lays On Bay Of West Coast

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Pensacola

• The Largest Deep-Water Seaport
• Pensacola Lies On The Pensacola Bay In
  Northwestern Florida

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Climate

• Warm And Humid
• There Are Long Summers And Short Winters
• There Is Hardly Ever Snow
• January Is The Coldest Month
• August And July Are The Hottest Months
• -2 Degrees Fahrenheit Is The Coldest Recorded
  Temperature And 109 Degrees Fahrenheit Is The
  Hottest Recorded Temperature In Florida

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Trees

• Sabal Palmetto
• Palm Tree
• Ashes

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Flowers

• Orchids
• Irises
• Orange Blossom

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Sabal Palmetto

• Can Also Be Called Cabbage Palm
• Can Grow 20 To 90 Feet Tall
• It Has Edible Leaf Buds

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Orange Blossom

• They Are White
• They Grow Oranges

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Iris

• Iris Means Rainbow
• It Is Colorful And Has Red And Yellow

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Orchid

• Extremely Large
• Means A Plant That Lives For At Least 3 Years

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Animals

• Alligators
• Gray Foxes
• Black Bears
• Mocking Bird

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Alligators

• Its Body Is Like A Giant Lizard
• Its Jaws Are Set With Many Teeth

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Gray Fox

• Its Body Is Like A Dog
• It Is Very Good At Hunting

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Black Bear

• It Has Shaggy Thick Fur
• It Is Very Large And Powerful

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Mocking Bird

• They Build Nests In Low Trees And Bushes
• They Can Grow To Be 9 To 11 Inches
• The Mocking Bird Is Floridas State Bird