1. The state capital is Montgomery The state motto is Audemus jura nostra defendere The state nickname is Cotton State The state flower is Camellia The state bird is Yellowhammer, Wild turkey The state tree is Pinus palustris

2. The state capital is Little Rock The state motto is Regnat populus The state nickname is The Natural State, The Land of Opportunity The state flower is Apple Blossom The state bird is Northern mockingbird The state tree is Pinus taeda

3. The state capital is Tallahassee The state motto is In God we trust The state nickname is The Sunshine State Th e state flower is Orange blossom The state bird is Northern mockingbird The state tree is Cabbage Palmetto

4. The state capital is Atlanta The state motto is Wisdom, Justice, Moderation The state nickname is Peach State The state flower is Rosa laevigata The state bird is Brown thrasher, Northern Bobwhite The state tree is Quercus virginiana

5. The state capital is Frankfort The state motto is United we stand, divided we fall The state nickname is Bluegrass State The state flower Goldenrod the state bird is Cardinal The state tree is Liriodendron tulipifera, Liriodendron

6. The state capital Building in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The state motto is Union, Justice and Confidence. The state nickname is Sportsman's Paradise, Child of the Mississippi, Sugar State, Pelican State, Creole State, Bayou State The state bird is Brown pelican State tree: Taxodium distichum The state flower is Magnolia

7. The state capital is Jackson, Mississippi. The state motto is Seal of Mississippi. The state nickname is The Magnolia State, The Hospitality State. The state flower is Magnolia flower on the tree. The state bird is Northern mockingbird, Wood duck. The state tree is Magnolia

8. The state capital is Raleigh. The state motto is Esse quam videri The state nickname is Tar Heel State, Old North State. The state flower is Cornus florida. The state bird is Cardinal. The state tree is Pinus palustris

9. The state capital is Columbia The state motto is Dum spiro spero The state nickname is The Palmetto State The state flower is Gelsemium sempervirens The state bird is Wild turkey, Carolina wren The state tree is Cabbage Palmetto

10. The state capital is Nashville The state motto is Agriculture and Commerce The state nickname is The Volunteer State The state flower is Iris The state bird is Northern mockingbird The state tree is Liriodendron tulipifera

11. The state capital is Richmond The state motto is Sic semper tyrannis The state nickname is Mother of states The state flower is Cornus florida The state bird is Cardinal The state tree is Cornus florida

12. The state capital is Charleston The state motto is Montani semper liberi The state nickname is Mountain State The state flower is Rhododendron The state bird is Northern cardinal The state tree is sugar maple