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Michigan State Symbols Online

Michigan Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

 

Michigan 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 Michigan state facts such as Michigan 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 Michigan, 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.

 

 
Michigan State Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

State Symbol

Name - Scientific

Adopted
Bird Robin (Turdus migratorius) 1931
Fish Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) 1965
Flag State Flag 1911
Flower Apple Blossom (Pyrus coronaria) Apr 28, 1997
Fossil MASTODON (Mammut americanum) Apr 8, 2002
Game Mammal White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) 1997
Gem Isle Royal Greenstone (Chlorastrolite) 1973
Historical Society Historical Society of Michigan 2002
Motto Si Quaeris Peninsulam Amoenam Circumspice(If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you.) 1835
Nicknames Nicknames NA
Reptile Painted Turtle (Chysemys picta) 1995
Seal Great Seal 1835
Soil Kalkaska soil series Dec 4, 1990
Song "My Michigan" May 21, 1937
Stone Petoskey Stone (Hexagonaria pericarnata) Jun 28, 1965
Tree White Pine (Pinaceae Pinus strobus) 1955
Unofficial Song "Michigan, My Michigan" NA
Wild Flower Dwarf Lake Iris (Iris lacustris) 1998
 
 
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