Alaska Botanical and Garden Symbols

Alaska State Flower
This cute little reference includes the history of the forget-me-not as Alaska’s state flower, including it’s designation by the Igloos, and the poems that were contained in the 1917 bill.
Source: Forget-Me-Not Jewelry

Alaska State Tree
The Sitka Spruce is Alaska’s official tree. This site has great information about the tree, and it’s adoption. There’s also a great photo if you want one.
Source: Think Quest New York City

Sitka Spruce
This has good information on the Sitka spruce. The window will appear as a pop-up source rather than a link.
Source: National Wildlife Federation

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Relevant Legislature

The following poems were included in the legislature for Alaska’s state flower, which was approved April 28, 1917.

Poem by Esther Birdsall Darling
“So in thinking for an emblem
For this Empire of the North
We will choose this azure flower
That the golden days bring forth,
For we want men to remember
That Alaska came to stay
Though she slept unknown for ages
And awakened in a day.
So although they say we’re living
In the land that God forgot,
We’ll recall Alaska to them
With our blue Forget-me-not.”