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.

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

Indian Tribes

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

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

Settlement

• Juan Ponce De Leon

Juan Ponce De Leon

• Reached Florida In 1513• He Named It La Florida In Honor Of Pascua

Florid Which Is Spanish For Easter

Geography

• Florida Is In The Southeast Region• The States Georgia And Alabama Are Florida’s

Neighbors• Florida Is Coastal• Atlantic Ocean And Gulf Of Mexico Are

Florida’s Major Oceans

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

Major Cities

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

Tallahassee

• Florida’s 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”

Sarasota

• The Center Of Florida’s Cultural Coast• It Lays On Bay Of West Coast

Pensacola

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

Northwestern Florida

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

Trees

• Sabal Palmetto• Palm Tree• Ashes

Flowers

• Orchids• Irises• Orange Blossom

Sabal Palmetto

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

Orange Blossom

• They Are White• They Grow Oranges

Iris

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

Orchid

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

Animals

• Alligators• Gray Foxes• Black Bears• Mocking Bird

Alligators

• It’s Body Is Like A Giant Lizard• It’s Jaws Are Set With Many Teeth

Gray Fox

• It’s Body Is Like A Dog• It Is Very Good At Hunting

Black Bear

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

Mocking Bird

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