By Jordan Hawkins

PROJECT

Montgomery is the capital of Alabama

State Motto: Audemus Jura Nostra Defendere

Nickname: Heart of Dixie

State Flower and Tree: Camellia and Pinus palustris

State bird: Yellowhammer

ALABAMA

State Capital: Little Rock, Arkansas

State Motto: Regnant Populus

Nickname: The Nature State

State Flower: Apple Blossom

State Bird: Northern Mockingbird

State Tree: Pinus Taeda

ARKANSAS

State Capital: Nashville, Tennessee

State Motto: Agriculture and Commerce

State nickname: The Volunteer State

State Flower: Iris

State Tree: Liriodendron Tulipifera

State Bird: Mockingbird

TENNESSEE

State Capital: Jackson, Mississippi

State Motto: Seal of Mississippi

State nickname: Magnolia State

State flower: Magnolia

State Tree: Magnolia

State Bird: Northern Mockingbird

MISSISSIPPI

State Capital: Frankford, Kentucky

State Motto: United we stand, divided we fall

State Nickname: Bluegrass State

State Flower: Goldenrod

State Tree: Liriodendron Tulipifera

State Bird: Cardinal

KENTUCKY

State Capital: Atlanta, Georgia

State Motto: Wisdom, Justice, Moderation

State Nickname: Peach State

State Flower: Rosa Laevigata

State Tree: Quercus Virginiana

State Bird: Brown Thrasher

GEORGIA

State Capital: Baton Rouge, Louisiana

State Motto: Union, Justice and Confidence

State Nickname: Pelican State

State Flower: Magnolia

State Tree: Taxodium Distichum

State Bird: Brown Pelican

LOUISIANA

State Capital: Raleigh, N.C.

State Motto: Esse quam videri

State Nickname: Old North Star

State Flower: Cornus Florida

State Tree: Pinus Palustus

State Bird: Cardinal

NORTH CAROLINA

State Capital: Tallahassee, Florida

State Motto: In God We Trust

State Nickname: The Sunshine State

State Flower: Orange Blossom

State Tree: Cabbage Palmetto

State Bird: Northern Mockingbird

FLORIDA

State Capital: Columbia, South Carolina

State Motto: Dum spiro spero

State Nickname: The Palmetto State

State Flower: Gelesemium sempervirens

State Tree: Cabbage Palmetto

State Bird: Carolina wren

SOUTH CAROLINA

State Capital: Richmond, Virginia

State Motto: Sic semper tyrannis

State Nickname: Old Dominion

State Flower: Cornus Florida

State Tree: Cornus Florida

State Bird: Cardinal

VIRGINIA

State Capital: Charleston, WV

State Motto: Montani Semper Liberi

State Nickname: Mountain State

State Flower: Rhododendron

State Bird: Northern Cardinal

State Tree: Acer Saccharum

WEST VIRGINIA