South Dakota The Mount Rushmore State
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Right now South Dakota have a population of 853,175+ people
The South Dakota flag features the state seal surrounded by a golden blazing sun in a field of sky blue. Letters reading "South Dakota, The Mount Rushmore State", the state nickname, are arranged in a circle around the sun.
The symbols on the great seal of South Dakota represent the state's commerce, industry, and natural resources.-State Symbol USA
The fifth and final commemorative quarter-dollar coin released in 2006 honors South Dakota, the "Mount Rushmore State," and is the 40th coin in the United States Mint's 50 State Quarters� Program. Admitted into the Union on November 2, 1889, South Dakota became the Nation's 40th state.- The US50
The common pheasant is a bird in the pheasant family. The genus name comes from Latin phasianinus "pheasant-like". The species name colchicus is Latin for "of Colchis" a country on the Black Sea where pheasants became known to Europeans.-Wikipedia
Ring-necked Pheasant
Pasque is a solitary tallgrass prairie flower and grows wild throughout South Dakota. Also called the May Day flower, prairie crocus, wind flower, Easter flower, and meadow anemone, the lovely lavender pasque is one of the first flowers to bloom in the spring, often before the winter snows have thawed. Pasque flowers were used as a medicine by native Americans for centuries.-State Symbol USA
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Pasque Flower
South Dakota designated the Black Hills white spruce as the official state tree in 1947. The beautiful short-needled white spruce tree is one of the dominant trees of the vast boreal forest that reaches from the northeastern United States across Canada to Alaska.
-State Symbol USA
The Black Hill Spruce
The coyote (Canis latrans) was designated the official state animal of South Dakota in 1949. In South Dakota, the coyote is found in the greatest numbers in the Black Hills and along the Missouri River and its tributaries.-State Symbol USA
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Coyote