South Carolina Information
South Carolina Information
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Capital City:Columbia
South Carolina official nickname:The Palmetto State
Old standard abbreviation:S.C.
new postal code abbreviation:SC
South Carolina Official State Flower
Yellow Jessamine
Gelsemium sempervirens
South Carolina State Tree
Cabbage Palmetto
‘Arecaceae Sabal palmetto’
The leaves of the Cabbage Palmetto are fan shaped and very long. They can reach up from 4 to 6 feet ! The leaves appear directly out of their unbranched trunk. Although they look it, the edges are not sharp. They are a beautiful shade of green and the overall leaf is nearly round and several feet long. In early summer small white flowers appear in branched clusters. They also bear a small, showy shiny blue fruit that matures in the early fall and stays until winter.The Cabbage palmetto can grow up to 80 feet tall. The Cabbage Palmetto is the state tree for South Carolina and Florida. South Carolina celebrates Arbor day the first friday in December.
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