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New Jersey State Symbols Online

New Jersey Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

 

New Jersey 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 New Jersey state facts such as New Jersey 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 New Jersey, 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.

 

 

New Jersey State Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

State Symbol

Name - Scientific

Adopted
American Folk Dance Square Dance Jan 19, 1983
Animal Horse (Equus caballus) Aug 14,1977
Bird Eastern Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) Jun 27, 1935
Bug-Insect Honeybee (Apis Mellifera) Jun 20, 1974
Colors Buff and Jersey Blue Sep 30, 1965
Dinosaur Duckbilled Dinosaur  (Hadrosaurus foulkii) Jun 13, 1991
Fish Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) Jan 8, 1992
Flag State Flag 1896
Flower Purple Violet (Viola sororia) 1913
Fruit Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) 2003
Memorial Tree Dogwood (Cornus Florida) Jan 15, 1951
Motto Liberty and Prosperity 1777
Nicknames "The Garden State" NA
Seal Great Seal 1777;

1928
Shell

Knobbed Whelk (Busycon carica gmelin)

Apr 13, 1995
Song "I'm From New Jersey" (unofficial) NA
Tall Ship A. J. Meerwald Apr 21, 1998
Tree Red Oak (Quercus borealis maxima) Jun 13, 1950
 
 
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