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Kansas Posters, Prints, Photographs, Maps, & Calendars, pg 1/2
for educators and home schoolers; themed decor in studio or office.
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geography > NA > US > MW > Kansas 1 | 2 < social studies
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Kansas, known as the “Sunflower State” and the “JayHawker” State, joined the Union on January 29, 1861 as the 34th state. The name derives from ‘Kansa’ which means “People of the south winds.”
Kansas, in the West North Central Region, is bordered by Missouri on the east, Oklahoma on the south, Colorado on the west and Nebraska on the north.
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Sunflower
Kansas State Flower
The term “sunflower” refers to annual or perennial plants native to the Americas, in the genus Helianthus, family Asteraceae.
Sunflowers have a large yellow flowering head, made up of numerous florets packed closely together on stems that can grow to 9 ft (3 meters) tall. The leaves and buds of young sunflowers do exhibit heliotropism (sun turning), from east to west during the course of a day. Mature flower heads do not.
• botany posters
• Sunflowers
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Honey Bee, Apis Mellifera
Kansas State Insect
The honey bee is important as a principal pollinator of crops and for producing pleasant-tasting and healthful honey. A social insect, the honey bee lives in highly organized colonies.
• insect posters
• food posters
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Cottonwoods
Kansas State Tree
Cottonwoods, native to North America, Europe and western Asia, grow along river banks in the riparian zone (between land and water) thus providing soil conservation in flood prone areas. The wood, though course and strong (used for shipping crates and pallets) has the lowest BTU of any wood.
• trees posters
• Autumn posters
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American Bison
Kansas State Animal
The American bison, commonly known as buffalo, is the largest terrestrial mammal in North America. Bison are nomadic grazers and travel in herds.
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The American Bison species close to extinction due to commercial hunting. The current population is estimated at 350,000 compared to an estimated 60 to 100 million in the mid-19th century.
• animal posters
• Eadweard Muybridge photographs
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