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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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Iowa State Symbols Online

Iowa Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

Iowa 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 Iowa state facts such as Iowa 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 Iowa, 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.

Iowa State Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

State Symbol Name - Scientific Date Adopted
Bird Eastern Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) 1933
Fish (Un-official) Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)
Flag State Flag 1921
Flower Wild Prairie Rose (Rosa Pratincola) May 5, 1897
Language English Mar 1, 2002
Motto "Our Liberties We Prize and Our Rights We Will Maintain" 1847
Nicknames "Hawkeye State" NA
Rock Geode 1967
Seal Great Seal 1847
Song "Song of Iowa" 1911
Tree Oak (Fagaceae Quercus species) 1961
Unofficial Song "Iowa Corn Song" NA
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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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