South Dakota State Symbols: Online Emblems and Mascots

South Dakota 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 South Dakota state facts such as South Dakota 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 South Dakota, 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.

South Dakota State Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots
State Symbol	Name - Scientific	Adopted
Animal	Coyote (Canis latrans)	Mar 5, 1949
Bird	Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus culchicus)	Feb 13, 1943
Bread	Fry Bread	Feb 7, 2005
Common Language	English	1995
Dessert	Kuchen	Mar 14, 2000
Drink	Milk (Lac vaccum)	1983
Fish	Walleye (Stizostedion vitreum)	Feb 1982
Fishing Museum	Museum of Wildlife, Science, and Industry, Webster	2004
Flag	State Flag	1963
Floral Emblem	Pasque, May Day Flower (pulsatilla hirsutissima) with the motto "I Lead."	Mar 5, 1903; 1919
Fossil	Triceratops (Triceratops)	1988
Gemstone	Fairborn Agate	Feb 11, 1966
Grass	Western wheat grass (Agropyron smithii)	Feb 18, 1970
Greeting	"How, Kola" (Hello, Friend)	NA
Hall of Fame	The South Dakota Hall of Fame, Chamberlain, SD	1996
Insect	Honeybee (Apis Mellifera L.)	Feb 23, 1978
Jewelry	Black Hills Gold	Mar 3, 1988
Mineral Stone	Rose Quartz	1966
Motto	"Under God the people rule"	NA
Musical Instrument	Fiddle	1989
Nicknames	The Mount Rushmore State	NA
Reptile	Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina)	1885
Seal	Great Seal	1885
Slogan	"Great Faces. Great Places."	NA
Soil	Houdek soil (Cumulic Haplustolls)	1990
Song	"Hail, South Dakota"	1943
Sport	Rodeo	2003
Tree	Black Hills Spruce (Picea glauca densata)	1947

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