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Official state symbols represent the cultural heritage and natural treasures of each state or the entire United States.

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Colorado State Symbols Online

Colorado Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

Colorado 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 Colorado state facts such as Colorado 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 Colorado, 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 home schooled children.

Colorado State Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

State Symbol Name - Scientific Date Adopted
Air and Space Museum Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum 1997
Animal Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) 1961
Bird Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melancorys stejneger) 1931
Fish Greenback Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarki stomias) 1994
Flag State Flag 1911
Flower White and Lavender Columbine (Aquilegia caerulea) 1925
Folk Dance Square Dance 1992
Fossil Stegosaurus 1982
Gemstone Aquamarine Apr 30,
1971
Grass Blue Grama Grass (Bouteloua gracilis) 1987
Insect Colorado Hairstreak Butterfly (Hypaurotis crysalus) 1996
Mineral Rhodochrosite ((MnCO3) Manganese Carbonate) Apr 17,
2002
Motto "Nil Sine Numine" (Nothing Without the Deity) 1877
Nicknames NA
Rock Yule Marble 2004
Seal Great Seal 1877
Song "Where the Columbines Grow"
Written by A. J. Fynn
Music by A. J. Fynn
May 8, 1915
Tartan Tartan Mar 3,
1997
Tree Colorado Blue Spruce (Picea pungens) 1939
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State Map: Symbols
State symbols represent things that are special to a particular state.

symbol \ˈsim-bəl\
noun

Etymology:
in sense 1, from Late Latin symbolum, from Late Greek symbolon, from Greek, token, sign; in other senses from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek symbolon, literally, token of identity verified by comparing its other half, from symballein to throw together, compare, from syn- + ballein to throw — more at devil
Date: 15th century

1: Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.
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