the state butterflyThe monarch migrates to Minnesota during midsummer,where approximately four generations are born each year.It was promoted as state butterfly by several students of Oscar Henry Anderson Elementary School from mahtomeid . The bill's co-sponsor, State representativ Harry Mares, said that "a lot of people have an early introduction to the magical world of nature through the monarch, and as we get older it becomes a thread that takes us through science to beauty and aestheticsr.
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mushroomThe morel mushroom was the state mushroom in 1984 and Minnesota was actually one of the first states to have a state mushroom
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the red Norway pine was the state tree in 1953 the scientific name for the tree is pines resosce
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,the wild rice was the state grain in 1977 the wild rice is actually really not rice.
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The State flower
The pink lady sipper, the pink lady sipper has 48 species of the flowers. The latent word fore the flower is Cypripedium. The pink lady sipper also grows vary slowly. The flower takes about 4 to 16 years to produce one flower. as you can see in the pitcher it is normally pink and white.
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the Minnesota's State muffin is the blue Barry muffin as you can see in the picture. The muffin came to be in 1988. Minnesota used Berry's that came from hillsides, cut over forest areas, and bogs. Third graders actually came up with the name that were inspired by the Massachusetts muffin the corn muffin.
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