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Official symbol variety table

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Many administrative divisions of countries (states, provinces, regions, departments, etc.) have official symbols of various varieties. This type... more

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x Bird emblem   New South Wales Laughing kookabura    
x Floral emblem The Flag of Montreal has several floral emblems New South Wales Telopea speciosissima  
In a number of countries, plants have been chosen as symbols to represent specific geographic areas. Some countries have a country-wide floral emblem; others in addition have symbols representing subdivisions. Different processes have been used to...
Western Australia Kangaroo paw Nov 9, 1960
x Fish emblem   New South Wales Eastern blue groper    
x Animal emblem   New South Wales Platypus    
x State animal   California California grizzly bear 1953  
Western Australia Numbat  
Vermont Morgan horse  
Berlin Bear  
x State song   California I Love You, California 1988  
x State folk dance   California Square dance    
x State gold rush ghost town   California Bodie 2002  
x State tall ship   California Californian 2003  
x State rock   California Serpentine 1965  
x State marine mammal   California Gray Whale 1975  
x State insect   California California dogface butterfly 1972  
x State gemstone   California Benitoite 1985  
x State tree   Alabama Longleaf Pine 1949  
Alaska Sitka Spruce  
Arizona Parkinsonia florida  
Arkansas Loblolly Pine  
California Sequoia  
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x State marine fish   California Garibaldi    
x State reptile   California Desert Tortoise 1972  
Alabama Alabama red-bellied turtle 1990
Colorado Painted Turtle 2008
Florida American Alligator 1987
Georgia Gopherus 1989
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x State theater   California Pasadena Playhouse 1937  
x State silver rush ghost town   California Calico 2005  
x State fossil Basilosaurus cetoides California Smilodon californicus 1973
Most American states have made a state fossil designation, in many cases during the 1980s. It is common to designate one species in which fossilization has occurred, rather than a single specimen, or a category of fossils not limited to a single...
Western Australia Gogonasus  
Illinois Tully Monster  
Alabama Basilosaurus 1984
Alaska Woolly Mammoth  
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x State flower   California California poppy 1903  
Vermont Red clover  
x State soil   California San Juaquin soil 1997  
x State Fish   California Golden Trout 1947  
Alaska Chinook salmon 1962
Arizona Apache trout 1986
Colorado Greenback cutthroat trout 1994
Connecticut American shad 2003
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x State bird   California California Quail 1931  
Western Australia Black Swan  
Alabama Yellowhammer 1927
Alabama Wild Turkey 1980
Alaska Willow Ptarmigan 1955
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x State mineral   California Gold 1965  
x State tree   California Sequoia sempervirens    
Vermont Sequoiadendron giganteum  
Alabama Sugar Maple 1949
Alaska Longleaf Pine  
Arizona Sitka Spruce  
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x Motif Ajanta Entrance cave 17 St. Louis Fleur-de-lis  
In art, a motif (pronunciation) (help·info) is a repeated idea, pattern, image, or theme. Paisley designs are referred to as motifs. Many designs in mosques in Islamic culture are motifs, especially those of flowers. Two major Roman motifs are egg...
x Coat of arms Coat of Arms Vermont Coat of arms of Vermont  
A coat of arms, more properly called an armorial achievement, armorial bearings or often just arms for short, in European tradition, is a design belonging to a particular person (or group of people) and used by them in a wide variety of ways....
Ontario Coat of arms of Ontario 1909
New Zealand Coat of arms of New Zealand  
Québec Coat of arms of Quebec Dec 9, 1939
x Seal Wax seal on an envelope Vermont Seal of Vermont  
A seal can be a wax seal bearing an impressed figure, or an embossed figure in paper, with the purpose of authenticating a document, but the term can also mean any device for making such impressions or embossments, essentially being a mould that has...
x Horse Horse -- Silver Morgan      
The horse (Equus ferus caballus) is a hoofed (ungulate) mammal, a subspecies of one of seven extant species of the family Equidae. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature into the large, single...
x State butterfly   Vermont Monarch butterfly    
Kentucky Viceroy butterfly  
Maryland Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly 1973
Minnesota Monarch butterfly 2000
Mississippi Spicebush Swallowtail 1991
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x Flag The flag of Denmark, The Dannebrog, is the oldest state flag still in use. New Zealand Flag of New Zealand  
A flag is a piece of fabric, often flown from a pole or mast, generally used symbolically for signaling or identification. It is most commonly used to symbolize a country. The term flag is also used to refer to the graphic design employed by a flag,...
Québec Flag of Quebec Jan 21, 1948
x State Amphibian   Alabama Red Hills salamander 2000  
Arizona Hyla eximia  
Georgia American green tree frog 2005
Illinois Tiger Salamander 2005
Iowa Bullfrog  
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x State beverage   Alabama Conecuh Ridge Whiskey 2004  
California Wine 2008
Delaware Milk 1983
Florida Orange juice 1967
Indiana Water 2007
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x State crustacean   Louisiana Crayfish    
Maryland Blue crab 1989
x State Freshwater Fish   Alabama Largemouth bass 1975  
Florida Largemouth bass 2007
New Hampshire Brook trout 1994
New York Brook trout 1975
x State Saltwater Fish   Alabama Atlantic tarpon 1955  
Florida Atlantic sailfish 2007
North Carolina Red Drum 1971
x State Sport Fish   Tennessee Largemouth bass    
x State Commercial Fish   Tennessee Channel catfish    
x State Aquatic Animal   Missouri Paddlefish 1997  
x State Saltwater Game Fish   New Hampshire Striped bass 1994  
x State Marine or Saltwater Fish   New York Striped bass 2006  
x State Freshwater Trout   North Carolina Brook trout 2005  
x Motto   Québec Je me souviens Dec 9, 1939
A motto (from the Italian for pledge, sentence; plural mottos or mottoes) is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group or organization. A motto may be in any language, but Latin is the most used. The...
x State flag The Flag of Massachusetts on display in the Financial District of Boston. Maryland Flag of Maryland 1904
There are two separate meanings for the term state flag in vexillology – the flag of state of a government, and the flag of an individual subnational state. A state flag is a variant of a national flag (or occasionally a completely different design)...
Minnesota Flag of Minnesota 1957
x State dance   California West Coast Swing 1988