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Kansas Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

 

Kansas 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 Kansas state facts such as Kansas 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 Kansas, 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.

 

 
Kansas State Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

State Symbol

Name - Scientific

Adopted
Amphibian Barred Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum mavortium, Baird, 1850) Apr 13, 1994
Animal American Buffalo (Bison bison) Mar 28, 1955
Banner State Banner 1925; Jun 30, 1953
Bird Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) 1937
Fish Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) 2003
Flag State Flag Mar 21, 1927
Flower Common Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) 1903
Floral Emblem Common Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) 1903
Insect Honeybee (Apis mellifera) 1976
March "The Kansas March"

 

 1935-1992
March "Here's Kansas" 1935-1992
Motto "Ad Astra Per Aspera"  (To the Stars Through Difficulties) 1861
Nicknames "Sunflower State" NA
Reptile Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata) 1986
Seal Great Seal May 25, 1861; 1985
Soil Harney silt loam (Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Argiustolls) Apr 12, 1990
Song "Home on the Range" Jun 30,
1947
Tree Eastern Cottonwood (Populus deltoides) 1937
 
 
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