Do You Know These South Carolina Facts?

 

  • Capital:   Columbia

  • Nickname:   Palmetto State

  • Bird:   Carolina Wren

  • Highest Elevation:   Sassafras Mountain (3,560 ft.)

  • Flower:   Carolina Yellow Jessamine

  • Tree:   Cabbage Palmetto

  • Song:   "Carolina"

  • Counties:   46

  • Fruit:   Peach

  • Gem:   Amethyst

  • Animal:   White-tailed Deer

  • Bird:   Wild Turkey

  • Fossil:   Columbian Mammoth

  • Johnston is known as the Peach Capital of the World

  • The only state in the U.S. that grows tea