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The '''Mayflower''', ''(Epigaea repens L.)'' <ref>http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=23646</ref> also known as the ''"trailing arbutus",'' is [[Massachusetts]]  

The '''Mayflower''', ''(Epigaea repens L.)'' <ref>http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=23646</ref> also known as the ''"trailing arbutus",'' is [[Massachusetts]]  

[[state flower]]. <ref>http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es/ma</ref>  

[[state flower]].<ref>http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es/ma</ref>  

<ref>http://www.50states.com/flower/massachusetts.htm</ref>

<ref>http://www.50states.com/flower/massachusetts.htm</ref>

It is a [[perennial]] shrub of the heath family, with evergreen leaves and small, pale pink or white flowers. <ref>http://www.mdflora.org/plantinfo/plantofthemonth/pim_trailing_arbutus.html</ref><ref>http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=EPRE2</ref> The plant grows close to the ground, prefers acidic, sandy soils and grows best in partially shady areas along rock ledges, steep banks, and under or around evergreens. It blooms in the early spring and summer, <ref>http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/epigaearepe.html</ref> grows only a few inches in height, has small, 5 lobed flowers of about 1/2 inch each and can survive in low moisture conditions. <ref>http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Massachusetts/flower_mayflower.html</ref> <ref>http://www.wvdnr.gov/wildlife/magazine/Archive/05spring/mountain_state_flora_trailing_arbutus.shtm</ref>  

It is a [[perennial]] shrub of the heath family, with evergreen leaves and small, pale pink or white flowers.<ref>http://www.mdflora.org/plantinfo/plantofthemonth/pim_trailing_arbutus.html</ref><ref>http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=EPRE2</ref> The plant grows close to the ground, prefers acidic, sandy soils and grows best in partially shady areas along rock ledges, steep banks, and under or around evergreens. It blooms in the early spring and summer,<ref>http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/epigaearepe.html</ref> grows only a few inches in height, has small, 5 lobed flowers of about 1/2 inch each and can survive in low moisture conditions.<ref>http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Massachusetts/flower_mayflower.html</ref><ref>http://www.wvdnr.gov/wildlife/magazine/Archive/05spring/mountain_state_flora_trailing_arbutus.shtm</ref>  

   

   

[[Image:MayflowerStates.png|left|thumb|350px|The Mayflower grows wild in these areas]]

[[Image:MayflowerStates.png|left|thumb|350px|The Mayflower grows wild in these areas]]

Massachusetts adopted the mayflower as the official flower in 1918. <ref>http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Massachusetts/flower_mayflower.html</ref> It was also named the provincial flower of [[Nova Scotia]] by an Act of the Legislature, in 1901. <ref>http://www.gov.ns.ca/playground/Flower.asp</ref><ref>http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es/ma</ref> <ref>http://www.50states.com/flower/massachusetts.htm</ref>  

Massachusetts adopted the mayflower as the official flower in 1918.<ref>http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Massachusetts/flower_mayflower.html</ref> It was also named the provincial flower of [[Nova Scotia]] by an Act of the Legislature, in 1901.<ref>http://www.gov.ns.ca/playground/Flower.asp</ref><ref>http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es/ma</ref><ref>http://www.50states.com/flower/massachusetts.htm</ref>  

Trailing arbutus grows wild in several states in the [[United States|U.S.]] and in parts of [[Canada]]. {{clear}}

Trailing arbutus grows wild in several states in the [[United States|U.S.]] and in parts of [[Canada]]. {{clear}}

==See Also==

==See also==

*[[State flowers]]

*[[State flowers]]

*[[Magnolia|Magnolia - State flower of Mississippi]]

*[[Magnolia|Magnolia - State flower of Mississippi]]

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==External Links==

==External links==

*http://www.census.gov/schools/facts/massachusetts.html

*http://www.census.gov/schools/facts/massachusetts.html

[[Category:Flowers]]

[[Category:Flowers]]