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South Carolina by. Hanna T Mr. Allen 5 th Grade. State Animal. 1. 1.
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State Animal 1 1 “White-tailed Deer are often observed leaping over fences with ease – they are capable of running quite fast and are also good swimmers. White-tailed deer are herbivores, meaning they eat only plants. They adapt to their surrounding vegetation which varies based on season and the area they live in. Fawns are dependent on their mothers for the first few weeks and will lay hidden in brush while she forages.”1
State Flag “The state flag of South Carolina was officially adopted in 1861. It has a white crescent and a white palmetto tree on a blue ground. Three white crescents (on a blue background) were first used on a South Carolina banner protesting the Stamp Act in 1765. In 1775, Colonel William Moultrie designed a banner for South Carolina troops; it had a white crescent on a blue field. When South Carolina seceded from the Union, the palmetto tree was added to the flag. The palmetto tree was chosen because this tree had helped South Carolinians defeat the British in a battle at Sullivan's Island (during the Revolutionary War). The South Carolinians built a fort out of palmetto wood, and when the British fired cannonballs at the fort, instead of knocking the fort down, the soft palmetto wood just absorbed the cannonballs.”2 2
State Flower “Officially adopted by the General Assembly on February 1, 1924, for the following reasons: it is indigenous to every nook and corner of the State; it is the first premonitor of coming Spring; its fragrance greets us first in the woodland and its delicate flower suggests the pureness of gold; its perpetual return out of the dead Winter suggests the lesson of constancy in, loyalty to and patriotism in the service of the State. "No flower that blooms holds such perfume, As kindness and sympathy won. Wherever there grows the sheltering pine Is clinging a Yellow Jessamine vine." From "Legend of the Yellow Jessamine," by Mrs. Teresa Strickland of Anderson, South Carolina, when the flower was made the emblem of Dixie Chapter, U.D.C., about 1906. The "Carolina or Yellow Jessamine" is defined by the New International Encyclopedia as "A climbing plant which grows upon trees and fences and bears a profusion of yellow, funnel-shaped flowers an inch in diameter, with a fragrance similar to that of the true Jasmine." Its odor on a damp evening or morning fills the atmosphere with a rare and delicate sweetness.”5 5
State Butterfly 5 “Adult: A beautiful, flying adult emerges. There is no growth during this stage, but the butterfly will sip nectar. This adult will continue the cycle by reproducing. Females produce two broods in the north, three in the south.” 5
State Game Bird “Turkeys are domestic (farm) birds that were originally bred from wild turkeys (Meleagrisgallopo). The adult female turkey is called a hen, the adult male is called a tom, and the young are called poults. A group of turkeys is called a rafter. Over 300,000,000 turkeys are raised in the USA each year.”6 6
State Insects 7 7 “There are three species of mantids in Kentucky, the European mantid (Mantis religiosa), Carolina mantid (Stagmomantiscarolina), and Chinese Mantid (Tenoderaaridifoliasinensis). The smaller, dusty brown Carolina mantid is only about 2 inches long when full grown, that is, when it has wings. 7”
State Bird 8 8 “In summer it can seem that every patch of woods in the eastern United States rings with the rolling song of the Carolina Wren. This shy bird can be hard to see, but it delivers an amazing number of decibels for its size. Follow its teakettle-teakettle! and other piercing exclamations through backyard or forest, and you may be rewarded with glimpses of this bird's rich cinnamon plumage, white eyebrow stripe, and long, upward-cocked tail. This hardy bird has been wintering farther and farther north in recent decades.” 8
State Dog 9 “The Boykin Spaniel has a Spaniel type head. The tail is docked. The waterproof coat is rather wavy or curly, but a smooth coat is acceptable (hunters care more about the dogs hunting abilities than its coat type). Color- Liver or Brown. The Boykin is larger than the Cocker Spaniel, with a smaller higher set ears that are covered with long wavy hair. He has considerably less hair and a straighter muzzle.”9 9
Bibliography 1. • http://www.sciway.net/facts/sc-state-animal-white-tailed- deer.html 2. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/statesbw/southcarolina.shtml 3. http://www.50states.com/flower/southcarolina.htm 4. http://www.50states.com/flower/southcarolina.htm 5. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butterfly/species/Tigersw.shtml 6. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/birds/printouts/Turkeyprintout.shtml 7. http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/South_Carolina/Carolina_mantid.html 8. 9. http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/boykinspaniel.htm http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Carolina_Wren/id