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NATIONAL FLORAL SYMBOLS Each of the constituent countries of the United Kingdom has a traditional national floral symbol. In Scotland this is the Thistle , and in Wales this is the Leek . The Maple is widely used as a symbol for Canada and the Shamrock for Ireland . STATE FLOWERS AND TREES In the United States , state flowers and '''state trees''' have been adopted as sumbols by state legislatures. See List Of U.S. State Flowers and List Of U.S. State Trees for complete lists. COUNTY FLOWERS AND TREES A county flower is a Flowering Plant chosen to symbolise a County . They exist primarily in the United Kingdom , but some counties in other countries also have them. County flowers in the United Kingdom One or two county flowers have a long history in England - the Red Rose Of Lancashire dates from the Middle Ages , for instance. However, the county flower concept was only extended to cover the whole United Kingdom in 2002, as a Promotional Tool by a charity. In that year, the plant conservation charity Plantlife ran a competition to choose county flowers for all counties, to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II . Plantlife's scheme is loosely based on Britain's , Birmingham , Bristol , Cardiff , Edinburgh , Glasgow , Leeds , Liverpool , London , Manchester , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , Nottingham and Sheffield . The Isles Of Scilly was also treated as a county (distinct from Cornwall) for the purpose of the scheme. The Isle Of Man was included, but not the Channel Islands . A total of 94 flowers was chosen in the competition. 85 of the 109 counties have a unique county flower, but several species were chosen by more than one county. Foxglove ''Digitalis purpurea'' was chosen for four counties - Argyll , Birmingham, Leicestershire and Monmouthshire ) - more than any other species. The following species were chosen for three counties each:
And the following species were chosen for two counties:
In addition, Sticky Catchfly ''Lychnis viscaria'' was chosen for both Edinburgh and Midlothian , the county containing Edinburgh. For most counties, Native species were chosen, but for a small number of counties, Non-natives were chosen, mainly Archaeophyte s. For a full list of the flowers selected, see County Flowers Of The United Kingdom . County flowers in Ireland
County flowers in Norway
County flowers in Sweden
County flowers and trees in Taiwan Taiwan has selected county flowers for all of its counties {Link without Title} . A partial list:
Taiwan has also selected county trees. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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