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The official state symbols represent the cultural heritage
and natural treasures of each state or the entire United States
New Mexico Symbols
New Mexico SymbolsAircraft, Amphibian, Animal, Ballad, Balloon Museum, Bilingual Song, Bird, Butterfly, Cookie, Colors, Fish, Flag, Flower, Fossil, Gem, Grass, Insect, Motto, Nicknames, Poem, Question, Reptile, Seal, Slogan, Business, Commerce, and Industry, Song, Spanish Language Song, Symbol, Tree, Vegetables |
New Mexico State GrassBlue Grama Grass |
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| Taxonomic Hierarchy | |
| Kingdom | Plantae – Plants |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta – Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | Spermatophyta – Seed plants |
| Division | Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants |
| Class | Liliopsida – Monocotyledons |
| Order | Cyperales – |
| Family | Poaceae – Grass family |
| Genus | Bouteloua Lag. – grama |
| Species | Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths – blue grama |