State Symbols State Song Bird Tree Flower Alabama “Alabama” (1931) yellowhammer (1927) Southern longleaf pine (1949, 1997) camellia (1959)Salt water fish: fighting tarpon (1955); Fresh water fish: largemouth bass (1975); Horse: racking horse (1975); Mineral: hematite (1967); Rock: marble (1969); Game bird: wild turkey (1980); Dance: square dance (1981); Nut: pecan (1982); Fossil: species Basilosaurus Cetoides (1984); Official mascot and butterfly: eastern tiger swallowtail (1989); Insect: monarch butterfly (1989); Reptile: Alabama red-bellied turtle (1990); Gemstone: star blue quartz (1990); Shell: scaphella junonia johnstoneae (1990)
State Song Bird Tree Flower Alaska “Alaska's Flag” (1955) willow ptarmigan (1955)sitka spruce (1962) forget-me-not (1949) Fish: king salmon (1962); Gem: jade (1968); Marine mammal: bowhead whale (1983); Fossil: woolly mammoth (1986); Mineral: gold (1968); Sport: dog mushing (1972)
State Song Bird Tree Flower Arizona “Arizona” (1919) cactus wren (1931) palo verde (1954) flower of saguaro cactus (1931) Colors: blue and old gold (1915); Neckwear: bola tie (1971); Fossil: petrified wood (1988); Gemstone: turquoise (1974); Mammal: ringtail (1986); Reptile: Arizona ridgenose rattlesnake (1986); Fish: Arizona trout (1986); Amphibian: Arizona tree frog (1986); Butterfly: two-tailed swallowtail (2001)
State Song Bird Tree Flower Arkansas “Arkansas” (1963) mockingbird (1929)pine (1939) apple blossom (1901) Insect: honeybee (1973)
State Song Bird Tree Flower California “I Love You, California” (1951) California valley quail (1931) California redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens & Sequoiadendron giganteum) (1937, 1953) golden poppy (1903) Animal: California grizzly bear (1953); Fish: California golden trout (1947); Colors: blue and gold (1951)
State Song Bird Tree Flower Colorado “Where the Columbines Grow” (1915) lark bunting (1931) Colorado blue spruce (1939) Rocky Mountain columbine (1899) Animal: Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (1961); Gemstone: aquamarine (1971); Colors: blue and white (1911); Fossil: stegosaurus (1991)
State Song Bird Tree Flower Delaware “Our Delaware” blue hen chicken (1939) American holly (1939) peach blossom (1895) Colors: colonial blue and buff; Insect: ladybug (1974); Butterfly: tiger swallowtail (1999); Fish: weakfish, cynoscion regalis (1981); Beverage: milk; Fossil: belemnite
State Song Bird Tree Flower Florida “Suwannee River” (1935) mockingbird (1927) orange blossom (1909)
State Song Bird Tree Flower Georgia “Georgia on My Mind” (1922) brown thrasher (1935) live oak (1937) Cherokee rose (1916)
State Song Bird Tree Flower Hawaii “Hawaii Ponoi” (1967) nene (Hawaiian goose) (1957)kukui (candlenut) (1959)hibiscus (yellow) (1988)
State Song Bird Tree Flower Idaho “Here We Have Idaho” mountain bluebird (1931) white pine (1935) syringa (1931)Horse: Appaloosa (1975); Gem: star garnet (1967); Folk dance: square dance; Fish: cutthroat trout (1990); Fossil: Hagerman horse fossil (1988)
State Song Bird Tree Flower Illinois “Illinois” (1925) cardinal (1929)white oak (1973) violet (1908)Animal: white-tailed deer (1982); Fish: bluegill (1987); Insect: monarch butterfly (1975); Mineral: fluorite (1965)
State Song Bird Tree Flower Indiana “On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away” (1913) cardinal (1933) tulip tree (1931) peony (1957)River: Wabash ; Stone: limestone
State Song Bird Tree Flower Iowa “Song of Iowa” eastern goldfinch (1933) wild rose (1897) Colors: red, white, and blue (in state flag)
State Song Bird Tree Flower Kansas “Home on the Range” (1947) western meadowlark (1937) cottonwood (1937) sunflower (1903)Animal: buffalo (1955)
State Song Bird Tree Flower Kentucky “My Old Kentucky Home” Kentucky cardinal tulip poplar (1994) goldenrod
State Song Bird Tree Flower Louisiana eastern brown pelican (1958) bald cypress (1963) magnolia (1900) Songs: “Give Me Louisiana” and “You Are My Sunshine”
State Song Bird Tree Flower Maine “State of Maine Song” (1937) chickadee (1927) white pine tree (1945) white pine cone and tassel (1895) Fish: landlocked salmon (1969); Mineral: tourmaline (1971); Animal: moose (1979); Cat: Maine coon cat (1985); Fossil: pertica quadrifaria (1985); Insect: honeybee (1975)
State Song Bird Tree Flower Maryland “Maryland! My Maryland!” (1939) Baltimore oriole (1947) white oak (1941) black-eyed susan (1918) Boat: skipjack (1985); Crustacean: Maryland blue crab (1989); Dinosaur: Astrodon johnstoni (1998); Dog: Chesapeake Bay retriever (1964); Beverage: milk (1998); Fish: rockfish (1965); Folk dance: square dance (1994); Fossil shell: ecphora gardnerae gardnerae (Wilson) (1994); Insect: Baltimore checkerspot butterfly (1973); Reptile: Diamondback terrapin (1994); Sport: jousting (1962); Team sport: lacrosse (2004)
State Song Bird Tree Flower Massachusetts “All Hail to Massachusetts” (1966) chickadee (1941) American elm (1941) mayflower (1918) Beverage: cranberry juice (1970); Insect: ladybug (1974); Cookie: chocolate chip (1997); Muffin: corn muffin (1986); Dessert: Boston cream pie (1996)
State Song Bird Tree Flower Michigan robin (1931) white pine (1955) apple blossom (1897) Mammal: white-tailed deer (1997); Fishes: trout (1965), brook trout (1988); Gem: isle royal greenstone (chlorastrolite) (1972); Stone: petoskey stone (1965); Soil: kalkaska soil series (1990); Reptile: painted turtle (1995); Flag: “Blue charged with the arms of the state” (1911); Wildflower: Dwarf Lake iris (1998)
State Song Bird Tree Flower Minnesota “Hail Minnesota” (1945) common loon (also called great northern diver) (1961) red (or Norway) pine (1953) lady slipper (1902) Fish: walleye (1965); Mushroom: morel (1984)
State Song Bird Tree Flower Mississippi “Go, Mississippi” (1962) mockingbird (1944) magnolia (1938) flower or bloom of the magnolia or evergreen magnolia (1952) Wildflower: coreopsis (1991); Stone: petrified wood (1976); Fish: largemouth or black bass (1974); Insect: honeybee (1980); Shell: oyster shell (1974); Water mammal: bottlenosed dolphin or porpoise (1974); Fossil: prehistoric whale (1981); Land mammal: white-tailed deer (1974), red fox (1997); Waterfowl: wood duck (1974); Beverage: milk (1984); Butterfly: spicebush swallowtail (1991); Dance: square dance (1995)
State Song Bird Tree Flower Missouri “Missouri Waltz” (1949) bluebird (1927) flowering dogwood (1955) hawthorn (1923) Aquatic animal: paddlefish (1997); Fish: channel catfish (1997); Fossil: crinoid (1989); Musical instrument: fiddle (1987); Rock: mozarkite (1967); Mineral: galena (1967); Insect: honeybee (1985); Tree nut: eastern black walnut (1990); Animal: mule (1995); Dance: square dance (1995); Missouri day: third Wednesday in October (1969)
State Song Bird Tree Flower Montana “Montana” (1945) Western meadowlark (1981) ponderosa pine (1949) bitterroot (1895) Stones: sapphire and agate (1969)
State Song Bird Tree Flower Nebraska “Beautiful Nebraska” (1967) Western meadowlark (1929) cottonwood (1972) goldenrod (1895) Fish: channel catfish (1997); American folk dance: square dance (1997); Ballad: “A Place Like Nebraska” (1997); Insect: honeybee (1975); Gemstone: blue agate (1967); Rock: prairie agate (1967); Fossil: mammoth (1967); Soil: typic argiustolls, holdreges series (1979); Mammal: whitetail deer (1981); Grass: little bluestem (1969); Beverage: milk (1998)
State Song Bird Tree Flower Nevada “Home Means Nevada” (1933) mountain bluebird (1967) sagebrush (1959) Trees: single-leaf pinon (1953) and bristlecone pine (1987); Animal: desert bighorn sheep (1973); Colors: silver and blue (1983); Rock: sandstone (1987); Precious gemstone: virgin valley black fire opal (1987); Semiprecious gemstone: Nevada turquoise (1987); Grass: Indian ricegrass (1977); Metal: silver (1977); Fossil: ichthyosaur (1977); Fish: lahontan cutthroat trout (1981); Reptile: desert tortoise (1989); State artifact: tule duck decoy (1995)
State Song Bird Tree Flower New Hampshire purple finch (1957) white birch (1947) purple lilac (1919) Animal: white-tailed deer (1983); Insect: ladybug (1977); Saltwater fish: striped bass (1994); Freshwater fish: brook trout (1995); Amphibian: spotted newt (1985); Butterfly: karner blue (1992); Songs: “Old New Hampshire” (1949) and “New Hampshire, My New Hampshire” (1963)
State Song Bird Tree Flower New Jersey eastern goldfinch (1935) red oak (1950) purple violet (1913) Insect: honeybee (1974); Animal: horse (1977); Colors: buff and blue (1965); Folk dance: square dance; Dinosaur: hadrosaurus foulkii; Fish: brook trout; Shell: knobbed whelk; Fruit: blueberry (2004)
State Song Bird Tree Flower New Mexico “O Fair New Mexico” (1917) roadrunner (1949) pinon (1949) yucca (1927) Animal: black bear (1963); Fish: cutthroat trout (1955); Vegetables: chili and frijol (1965); Gem: turquoise (1967); Spanish-language song: “Asi Es Nuevo Méjico” (1971); Poem: “A Nuevo México” (1991); Grass: blue gramma (1973); Fossil: coelophysis (1981); Cookie: bizcochito (1989); Insect: tarantula hawk wasp (1989); Ballad: “Land of Enchantment” (1989); Bilingual song: “New Mexico—Mi Lindo Nuevo Mexico”, (1995); Question: “Red or Green?” (1999)
State Song Bird Tree Flower New York “I Love New York” (1980) bluebird (1970) sugar maple (1956) rose (1955) Animal: beaver (1975); Fish: brook trout (1975); Gem: garnet (1969); Insect: ladybug (1989)
State Song Bird Tree Flower North Carolina “The Old North State” (1927) cardinal (1943) pine (1963) dogwood (1941) Mammal: gray squirrel (1969); Insect: honeybee (1973); Reptile: eastern box turtle (1979); Gemstone: emerald (1973); Shell: scotch bonnet (1965); Historic boat: shad boat (1987); Beverage: milk (1987); Rock: granite (1979); Dog: plott hound (1989); Colors: red and blue (1945); Fruit: scuppernong grape (2001)
State Song Bird Tree Flower North Dakota “North Dakota Hymn” (1947) western meadowlark (1947) American elm (1947) wild prairie rose (1907) Fish: northern pike (1969); Grass: western wheatgrass (1977); Fossil: teredo petrified wood (1967); Beverage: milk (1983); State march: Spirit of the Land (1975); Equine: Nokota horse (1993); Dance: square dance (1995)
State Song Bird Tree Flower Ohio “Beautiful Ohio” (1969) cardinal (1933) buckeye (1953) scarlet carnation (1904) Insect: ladybug (1975); Gemstone: flint (1965); Beverage: tomato juice (1965); Fossil: trilobite (1985); Animal: white-tailed deer (1988); Wildflower: large white trillium (1987)
State Song Bird Tree Flower Oklahoma “Oklahoma” (1953) scissor-tailed flycatcher (1951) redbud (1937) mistletoe (1893) Animal: bison (1972); Reptile: mountain boomer lizard (1969); Stone: rose rock (barite rose) (1968); Colors: green and white (1915); Beverage: milk; Butterfly: black swallowtail; Fish: white or sand bass; Folk dance: square dance; Furbearer: raccoon; Game animal: white-tailed deer; Grass: Indiangrass; Insect: honeybee; Musical instrument: fiddle; Poem: “Howdy Folks,” David Randolph Milsten; Waltz: “Oklahoma Wind”; Wildflower: Indian blanket
State Song Bird Tree Flower Oregon “Oregon, My Oregon” (1927) western meadowlark (1927) douglas fir (1939) Oregon grape (1899) Animal: beaver (1969); Fish: chinook salmon (1961); Rock: thunderegg (1965); Colors: navy blue and gold (1959); Insect: swallowtail butterfly (1979); Dance: square dance (1977); Nut: hazelnut (1989); Gemstone: sunstone (1987); Seashell: Oregon hairy triton (1991); Beverage: milk (1997); Mushroom: Pacific golden chanterelle (1999)
State Song Bird Tree Flower Pennsylvania “Pennsylvania” (1990) ruffed grouse (1931) hemlock (1931) mountain laurel (1933) Dog: Great Dane (1965); Colors: blue and gold (1907)
State Song Bird Tree Flower Rhode Island “Rhode Island, It's for Me” (1996) Rhode Island red hen (official) (1954) red maple (official) (1964) violet (unofficial) (1968) Shell: quahog (official); Mineral: bowenite (1966); Stone: cumberlandite (1966); Colors: blue, white, and gold (in state flag)
State Song Bird Tree Flower South Carolina “Carolina” (1911) Carolina wren (1948) palmetto tree (1939) Carolina yellow jessamine (1924)
State Song Bird Tree Flower South Dakota “Hail! South Dakota” (1943) ring-necked pheasant (1943) black hills spruce (1947) American pasqueflower (1903) Grass: Western wheat grass (1970); Soil: houdek (1990); Insect: honeybee (1978); Animal: coyote (1949); Mineral stone: rose quartz (1966); Gemstone: fairburn agate (1966); Colors: blue and gold (in state flag); Fish: walleye (1982); Musical instrument: fiddle (1989); Dessert: kuchen (2000)
State Song Bird Tree Flower Tennessee mockingbird (1933) tulip poplar (1947) iris (1933) Horse: Tennessee walking horse; Animal: raccoon (1971); Wild flower: passion flower (1973); Songs: “My Homeland, Tennessee” (1925); “When It's Iris Time in Tennessee” (1935); “My Tennessee” (1955); “Tennessee Waltz” (1965); “Rocky Top” (1982); “Tennessee” (1992); “The Pride of Tennessee” (1996)
State Song Bird Tree Flower Texas “Texas, Our Texas” (1929) mockingbird (1927) pecan (1919) bluebonnet (1901) Fish: guadalupe bass (1989); Seashell: lightning whelk (1987); Dish: chili (1977); Folk dance: square dance (1991); Fruit: Texas red grapefruit (1993); Gem: Texas blue topaz (1969); Gemstone cut: Lone Star cut (1977); Grass: sideoats grass (1971); Reptile: horned lizard (1993); Stone: petrified palmwood (1969); Plant: prickly pear cactus; Insect: monarch butterfly; Pepper: jalapeño pepper; Mammal: longhorn; Small mammal: armadillo; Flying mammal: Mexican free-tailed bat
State Song Bird Tree Flower Utah “Utah, We Love Thee” (1953) California gull (1955) blue spruce (1933) sego lily (1911) Emblem: beehive (1959); Gem: topaz; Animal: Rocky Mountain elk (1971); Insect: honeybee (1983); Grass: Indian rice grass (1990); Fossil: allosaurus (1988); Cooking pot: dutch oven (1997); Fish: Bonneville cutthroat trout (1997); Fruit: cherry (1997); Mineral: copper; Rock: coal (1991)
State Song Bird Tree Flower Vermont “These Green Mountains” (2000) hermit thrush (1941) sugar maple (1949) red clover (1894) Animal: Morgan horse (1961); Insect: honeybee (1978)
State Song Bird Tree Flower Virginia cardinal (1950) dogwood (1956) American dogwood (1918) Dog: American foxhound (1966); Shell: oyster shell (1974)
State Song Bird Tree Flower Washington “Washington, My Home” (1959) willow goldfinch (1951) western hemlock (1947) coast rhododendron (1892) Fish: steelhead trout (1969); Gem: petrified wood (1975); Colors: green and gold (1925); Folk song: “Roll On Columbia, Roll On” (1987); Dance: square dance (1979); Grass: bluebunch wheatgrass (1989); Insect: blue darner dragonfly (1997); Fossil: Columbian mammoth (1998); Fruit: apple (1989)
State Song Bird Tree Flower West Virginia cardinal (1949) sugar maple (1949) rhododendron (1903) Animal: black bear (1973); Colors: blue and gold (official) (1863); Songs: “West Virginia, My Home Sweet Home,” “The West Virginia Hills,” and “This Is My West Virginia” (adopted by Legislature in 1947, 1961, and 1963 as official state songs)
State Song Bird Tree Flower Wisconsin “On Wisconsin” robin (1949) sugar maple (1949) wood violet (1949) Grain: corn (1990); Animal: badger; Wild life animal: white-tailed deer (1957); Domestic animal: dairy cow (1971); Insect: honeybee (1977); Fish: musky (muskellunge) (1955); Mineral: galena (1971); Rock: red granite (1971); Symbol of peace: mourning dove (1971); Soil: antigo silt loam (1983); Fossil: trilobite (1985); Dog: American Water Spaniel (1986); Beverage: milk (1988); Dance: polka (1994); Waltz: “The Wisconsin Waltz” (2001); Ballad: “Oh Wisconsin, Land of My Dreams” (2001)
State Song Bird Tree Flower Wyoming “Wyoming” (1955) western meadowlark (1927) cottonwood (1947) Indian paintbrush (1917) Dinosaur: Triceratops (1994); Fish: cutthroat trout (1987); Fossil: Knightia (1987); Gemstone: jade (1967); Insignia: bucking horse (unofficial); Mammal: bison (1985); Reptile: horned toad (1993); Soil: Forkwood series (unofficial)
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