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California State Symbols Online

California Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

 

California State Symbols Online is a state resource directory containing descriptions and pictures of the state symbols, emblems, and mascots of the state, which can be quickly accessed. This resource guide represents many of California state facts such as California state symbols, the state flower, the state gemstone, the state insect, the state tree, the state bird, the state animal, the state flag that flies over California, and the capital, as well as many more symbols, emblems, and mascots. These types of state directories are designed to help children learn, and are often used by children in the public and private education system as well as homeschooled children.

 

 
California State Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

State Symbol

Name - Scientific

Adopted
Animal California Grizzly Bear (Ursus californicus) 1953
Bird California Valley Quail (Lophortyx californica) 1931
Colors Blue and Gold 1951
Dance West Coast Swing Dance 1988
Fife and Drum Band California Consolidated Drum Band 1997
Fish Golden Trout (Salmo agua-bonita) 1947
Flag State Flag 1911
Flower Golden Poppy (Eschsholtzia) 1903
Folk Dance Square Dance 1988
Fossil Sabre-Toothed Cat (Smilodon californicus) 1973
Gemstone Blue Diamond (Benitoite) 1985

Gold Rush Ghost Town

 Bodie, California 2002

Grass

 Purple Needlegrass (Nassella pulchra) 2004
Historical Society California Historical Society 1979
Insect California Dogface Butterfly (Zerene eurydice) 1972
Marine Fish Garibaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus) 1995
Marine Mammal California Grey Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) 1975

Military Museum

 California State Military Museum and Resource Center Jul 13, 2004
Mineral & Mineralogic
Emblem		 Gold Oct 1, 1985
Motto "Eureka" (I have found it) 1963
Nicknames The Golden State 1968
Poet Laureate Al Young Jun 30, 1915
Prehistoric Artifact Chipped Stone Bear 1991
Reptile Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agasizzi) 1972
Rock & Lithologic Emblem Serpantine  1965
Seal Great Seal 1849
Soil San Joaquin Soil 1997
Song "I Love You, California" Apr 26, 1951

Tall Ship

 Californian 2003

Tartan

 State Tartan 2001
Theatre Pasadena Playhouse 1937
Tree California Redwood and Giant Seuoia (Taxodiaceae Sequoia sempervirens) & (Taxodiaceae Sequoiadendron giganteum) 1937;
1953
 
 
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