Official state symbols represent the cultural heritage and natural treasures of each state or the entire
United States.
These US state insignia, emblems, and mascots are designated by tradition or the respective state legislatures.
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Texas State Symbols Online
Texas Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots
Texas 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 Texas state facts such as Texas 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 Texas, 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 home schooled children.
Texas State Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots
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| State Symbol |
Name - Scientific |
Date Adopted |
| Air Force |
Commemorative Air Force
formerly
Confederate Air Force |
2001
1989 |
| Artist |
Artist Listing |
June 3, 1997 |
| Artist Caricature |
Kid Cardona |
Apr15, 1997 |
| Bird |
Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) |
1927 |
| Bluebonnet City |
Ennis |
Jun 18, 1997 |
| Bluebonnet Festival |
The Chappell Hill Bluebonnet Festival |
Jun 18, 1997 |
| Bluebonnet Trail |
Ennis |
Jun 18, 1997 |
| Bread |
Pan De Campo (Cowboy Bread) |
2005 |
| Cooking Implement |
Cast Iron Dutch Oven |
2005 |
| Dinosaur |
Sauropod Dinosaur (Brachiosaur sauropod, Pleurocoelus) |
Jun 3, 1997 |
| Dish |
Chili |
1977 |
| Dog Breed |
Blue Lacy |
Jun 18, 2005 |
| Fibre and Fabric |
Cotton |
Jun 18, 1997 |
| Fish |
Guadelupe Bass (Micropterus treculi) |
May 22, 1989 |
| Flag |
State Flag |
Jan 25, 1839 |
| Flower |
Bluebonnet(Lupinus texensis) and any other variety of bluebonnet
Bluebonnet (Lupinus subcarnosus) |
Mar 8, 1971, Mar 7, 1901 |
| Flower Song |
"Bluebonnets"
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Mar 21, 1933 |
| Flying Mammal |
Mexican Free-tailed Bat (Tadarida brasiliensis) |
May 25, 1995 |
| Folk Dance |
Square Dance |
1991 |
| Fruit |
Texas Red Grapefruit |
1993 |
| Gemstone |
Texas Blue Topaz |
Mar 26, 1969 |
| Gemstone Cut |
Lonestar Cut |
1977 |
| Grass |
Sideoats gramma (Bouteloua curtipendula) |
Apl 12, 1971 |
| Health Nut |
Pecan |
Jun 16, 2001 |
| Insect |
Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) |
June 6, 1995 |
| Large Mammal |
Longhorn (Bos bos) |
May 17, 1969 |
| Motto |
Friendship
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1930 |
| Musician |
Vacant
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Sep 1, 2001 |
| Musical Instrument |
Guitar |
Jun 18, 1997 |
| Native Pepper |
Chiltepin (Capsicum annuum var. aviculare) |
Jun 18, 1995 |
| Native Shrub |
Texas Purple Sage |
2005 |
| Nicknames |
Lone Star State |
NA |
| Pastries |
Sopaipilla and Strudel |
Jan 31, 2005 |
| Pepper |
Jalapeno (Capsicum annum) |
May 10, 1995 |
| Plant |
Prickly Pear Cactus (genus Opuntia) |
May 25, 1995 |
| Plays |
(1) "The Lone Star" presented in Galveston Island State Park
(2)"Texas" presented in the Palo Duro Canyon State Park
(3)" Beyond the Sundown" presented at the Texas-Coushatta Indian Reservation
(4)" Fandangle" presented in Shackelford County
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1979 |
| Pledge to Flag |
Pledge to Flag |
1933 |
| Poet Laureate |
James Hoggard, Wichita Falls;Term 2000 and 2001 Walt McDonald, Lubbock ;
Term: 2001 and 2002 |
1933 Amended: Sep 1, 2001 |
| Reptile |
Texas Horned Lizard |
May 28, 1993 |
| Seal |
Great Seal |
Jun 1992 |
| Shell |
Lightning Whelk |
Apr 22, 1987 |
| Ship |
USS Texas |
Jun 16, 1995 |
| Shrub |
Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica) |
Jun 18, 1997 |
| Small Mammal |
Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) |
Jun 16, 1995 |
| Snack |
Tortilla Chips and Salsa |
2003 |
| Song |
"Texas, Our Texas"
Words by Marsh and Gladys Yoakum Wright
Music by William J. Marsh |
1929 |
| Sport |
Rodeo |
Jun 18, 1997 |
| Stone |
Petrified Palmwood, (Palmoxylon sp.) |
Mar 26, 1969 |
| Symbolic Capitals |
Symbolic Capitals (Various ) |
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| Tall Ship |
Elissa |
Jun 18, 2005 |
| Tartan |
Texas Bluebonnet Tartan |
May 25, 1989 |
| Tejano Music Hall of Fame |
The Tejano Music Hall of Fame Museum, Alice |
Sep 1, 2001 |
| Three-dimensional media Artist
(See Artist) |
Mr. Edd Hayes |
Nov 1, 1997 to Oct 31, 1998;
June 3, 1997 |
| Tree |
Pecan |
1919 |
| Two-dimensional media Artist
(See Artist) |
Carl Rice Embrey
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Nov 1, 1997 to Oct 31, 1998; June 3, 1997 |
| Vegetable |
Sweet Onion (Allium genus) |
May 7, 1997 |
| Vehicle |
Chuckwagon |
2005 |
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State Symbols
State symbols represent things that are special to a
particular state.
symbol \ˈsim-bəl\
noun
Etymology:
in sense 1, from Late Latin symbolum, from Late Greek symbolon, from Greek, token, sign; in
other senses from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek symbolon, literally, token
of identity verified by comparing its other half, from symballein to throw together,
compare, from syn- + ballein to throw — more at devil
Date: 15th century
1: Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or
convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.
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