The Mockingbird is about 10 centimeters tall with brown feathers. It lives in open areas, forest edges, residential areas, and roadsides. It has a mixture of calls of other birds in its one call. The Mockingbird is known for its ability to make at least 39 sounds that imitate other birds. It is very aggressive, which means it is not shy. The Mockingbird is important in the state of Arkansas because the Arkansas Women’s Clubs have done much for the protection of the mockingbirds in the state of Arkansas. The Mockingbird became the state bird of Arkansas on March 5, 1929. 


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The Appleblossom is 2.5-3.5 centimeters in diameter with a variety of petals. Some are red, some are white, some have stripes, and some have tints of rose. It grows all over the world on apple trees (originally from Asia.) The Appleblossom is known for its fruit, the apple. The Appleblossom is important in the state of Arkansas because it won the “Battle of the Blooms”. The “Battle of the Blooms” was a competition between the Floral Emblem Society and the Arkansas Federation of Women's Clubs.

The Floral Emblem Society worked very hard to convince the state legislators to choose the Appleblossom. It was adopted as the state floral emblem of Arkansas by an act of the legislature in 1901.  

The Loblolly pine is about 100 feet tall with six to nine-inch long leaves. It grows in two National Forests, the Ouachita National Park and the Ozarks. The loblolly pine is known for its changing bark. When it is young its bark appears brown and scaly. Later it looks ridged and blocked. Very old trees have red-brown scaly plates. The Loblolly pine is important to the state of Arkansas because the wood is used for making furniture, plywood boards, poles, and boxes. This industry helps people make money. The loblolly pine became the state tree of Arkansas in 1939.

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The Arkansas flag has a red background with a diamond on a red field. It also has 25 white stars on the diamond, and four blue stars in the middle of the diamond. The word Arkansas appears on the white middle area of the flag.

The four blue stars are symbols that mean that before Arkansas was part of the USA it decided to join the Confederate States of America. The Confederate States were against President Abraham Lincoln because they wanted slavery. The people in Arkansas did not want to let down the southern states, so during the Civil War, Arkansas joined them. After the Civil War Arkansas became the 25th state to join the union. The 25 white stars on the flag represent this. This is important to the state of Arkansas because it was important that they joined the USA right after being part of the Confederate States.

The picture of the big diamond is a symbol of Arkansas’ diamond field. This is important to the state of Arkansas because it is the only state where diamonds have been found and mined in the USA. The Arkansas state flag was adopted in 1913.

    
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