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Idaho State Symbols Online

Idaho Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

Idaho 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 Idaho state facts such as Idaho 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 Idaho, 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.

Idaho State Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

State Symbol Name - Scientific Dt. Adopted
American Folk Dance Square Dance Mar 17, 1989
Bird Mountain Bluebird (Sialia arctcia) Feb 28, 1931
Fish Cutthroat Trout (Salmo clarki) Apr 5, 1990
Flag State Flag Mar 12, 1907
Flower Syringa (Philadelphus lewisii) 1931
Fossil Hagerman Horse Fossil (Equus simplicidens) originally described as (Plesippus shoshonensis) Mar 16, 1988
Fruit Huckleberry (Vaccinium membranaceum) Feb 14, 2000
Gem or Stone Star Garnet (Quartz) Feb 25, 1967
Horse Appaloosa (Equus caballus) Mar 25, 1975
Insect Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) Mar 31, 1992
Motto "Esto Perpetua" (Let it be perpetual)  Mar 14, 1891
Nicknames "Gem State" NA
Raptor Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) 2004
Seal Great Seal Mar 14, 1891; 1957
Song "Here We Have Idaho" Mar 11, 1931
Tree White Pine (Pinus Monticola pinaceae) Feb 13, 1935
Vegetable Potato Jul 01, 2002
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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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