Quiz: Mass Facts

How well do you know these state symbols of Massachusetts? click on the + for answers, mouse over photos for info

[toggle title=”What is the state bird of Massachusetts?”]The Black-capped Chickadee is the state bird of Massachusetts (and Maine).[lightbox link=”http://norcrosswildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Black-capped-Chickadee.jpg” thumb=”http://norcrosswildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Black-capped-Chickadee-320×200.jpg” width=”320″ align=”left” title=”Black-capped Chickadee” frame=”true” icon=”image” caption=””][/toggle] [toggle title=”What is the state mammal?”]The Right Whale (gotcha on that one, huh?)[lightbox link=”http://norcrosswildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Eubalaena_glacialis_with_calf.jpg” thumb=”http://norcrosswildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Eubalaena_glacialis_with_calf-320×200.jpg” width=”320″ align=”left” title=”Right Whale” frame=”true” icon=”image” caption=””] [lightbox link=”http://norcrosswildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/plate-whale.jpg” thumb=”http://norcrosswildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/plate-whale.jpg” width=”181″ align=”left” title=”Massachusetts features the Right Whale on some license plates” frame=”true” icon=”image” caption=””][/toggle] [toggle title=”What is the state flower?”]The Mayflower, aka trailing arbutus- Epigaia repens[lightbox link=”http://norcrosswildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Epigaea_repens-e1472316714784.jpg” thumb=”http://norcrosswildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Epigaea_repens-320×200.jpg” width=”320″ align=”left” title=”Epigaea_repens” frame=”true” icon=”image” caption=”Mayflower”][/toggle] [toggle title=”What is the state vessel? (hint- it’s not the mayflower!)”]The Schooner Ernestina Morrissey- a ship with special ties to our founder, Arthur D. Norcross, who ventured into the Arctic three times on this vessel with Captain Bob Bartlett in the 1930’s.[lightbox link=”http://norcrosswildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Ernestina-Morrissey-circa-1894-e1472317245425.jpeg” thumb=”http://norcrosswildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Ernestina-Morrissey-circa-1894-320×200.jpeg” width=”320″ align=”left” title=”effie m. morrissey c 1894.” frame=”true” icon=”image” caption=”Ernestina, aka Effie M. Morrissey circa 1894.”][/toggle] [toggle title=”What is the state tree?”]Ulmus americana, the American Elm[lightbox link=”http://norcrosswildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Ulmus_americana-e1472317785714.jpg” thumb=”http://norcrosswildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Ulmus_americana-320×200.jpg” width=”320″ align=”left” title=”” frame=”true” icon=”image” caption=””][/toggle] [toggle title=”What is the state soil? Yes, we have a state soil!“]Paxton Series, more specifically, Paxton Fine Sandy Loam[lightbox link=”http://norcrosswildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/paxton.jpg” thumb=”http://norcrosswildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/paxton-286×200.jpg” width=”286″ align=”left” title=”Paxton Fine Sandy Loam” frame=”true” icon=”image” caption=””][/toggle]