- List of U.S. counties named after plants
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Auglaize County, Ohio : Auglaize is named for theAuglaize River , "auglaize" being a Native American word for "fallen timbers".
*Cottonwood County, Minnesota is named after the Cottonwood River, which flows through the county.
*Boise County, Idaho : Boise is named for theBoise River . "Boisé" is French for "wooded".
*Pinellas County, Florida : Pinellas is named from the Spanish words "Punta Piñal" ("Point of Pines" or "Piney Point").
*Racine County, Wisconsin : Racine is named for the Root River, "racine" being the French word for "root".
*Sunflower County, Mississippi : Sunflower is named for theSunflower River , which was named in turn for thesunflower s that grow along its banks.
*Taos County, New Mexico : Taos is named for its county seat ofTaos, New Mexico , which in turn was named for the nearbyTaos Pueblo , an ancient Native American village. "Taos" is "red willow" in theTiwa language.Possibly
*Pembina County: Pembina is possibly named for the high-bush cranberries which grew wild in the area. Pembina may be from an
Ojibwa phrase, "anepeminan sipi", referring to the berries, as they grew in abundance around theRedberry River ; it may also be from an Ojibwa word meaning "meeting place". The name originally applied to the oldPembina Territory .
*Yuba County, California : Yuba is named for possibly a corruption of the Spanish word "uvas" (grapes ), wild grapes having grown abundantly in the area. Alternately, it may be a Native American tribe of theMaidu people named "Yu-ba".A
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Alameda County, California : Alameda is named for the Spanish word for an "avenue shaded by trees" or a "cottonwood grove".B
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Box Elder County, Utah : Box Elder is named for the area's many box elders.
*Broomfield County, Colorado : Broomfield is named after the city ofBroomfield, Colorado , which was named from the quantity ofbroom corn which was grown nearby.C
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Camas County, Idaho : Camas is named for the localcamassia plant.
*Cedar County, Missouri : Cedar is named from the manyjuniper trees (locally misidentified as cedars) found within its borders.
*Cedar County, Nebraska : Cedar is named for the manyjuniper trees (locally misidentified as cedars) in the area.
*Citrus County, Florida : Citrus is named from the county'scitrus trees and the economic importance of thosefruit s.F
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Forest County, Pennsylvania : Forest is named for the woodland within the county.
*Forest County, Wisconsin : Forest is named for the dense forest which once covered the county.
*Fresno County, California : Fresno is named for the Spanish word meaning "ash tree".L
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Laurel County, Kentucky : Named for the mountain laurel shrubs prevalent in that area.
*Live Oak County, Texas : Named for a prominent live oak tree.
*Lonoke County, Arkansas : Lonoke is named for a "loneoak "tree that stood on the site of the present county seat and was used as a local landmark.O
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Orange County, California : Orange is named forOrange, California , which in turn was named for the orange groves which were once plentiful in the area.
*Orange County, Florida : Orange is named after the orange fruit, the main product in the early county. Formerly known as Mosquito County.P
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Palm Beach County, Florida : Palm Beach is named from thepalm tree s andbeach es in the county.
*Panola County, Mississippi : Panola is a Native American word meaning "cotton ".
*Panola County, Texas : same as the Mississippi county
*Pine County, Minnesota : Pine is named after the giant forests ofeastern white pine and red (Norway) pine that flourish in the county.
*Pontotoc County, Oklahoma : "Pontotoc" is aChickasaw word meaning "cat tails growing on the prairie".*
Sweet Grass County, Montana : Sweet Grass is named for the abundantsweet grass in the county.T
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Tulare County, California : Tulare is named for the Spanish word for place of "tules" or rushes, aka cattails.W
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Wheatland County, Montana : Wheatland is named for the manywheat fields found within its borders.
*White Pine County, Nevada : White Pine is named for the numerouslimber pine (a form of whitepine ) stands in the area.
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