List of Missouri state symbols

Quarter (released in 2003)

The following is a list of the officially designated symbols of the U.S. state of Missouri.

State symbols

Type Symbol Adopted Image
Amphibian American bullfrog
Lithobates catesbeiana		 2005[1][2]
Animal Missouri mule 1995[1][3]
Aquatic animal Paddlefish
Polyodon spathula		 1997[1][4]
Bird Bluebird
Sialia sialis		 1927[5] or 1929[1]
Dance Square dance
 1995[1][6]
Dessert Ice cream 2008[1][7]
Dinosaur Hypsibema missouriensis 2004[1][8]
Fish Channel catfish
Ictalurus punctatus		 1997[1][9]
Flower Hawthorn (also known as "red haw" or "wild haw")[1]
Crataegus punctata		 1923[10]
Fossil Crinoid
Delocrinus missouriensis		 1989[1][11]
Game bird Bobwhite Quail
Colinus virginianus[12]		 2007[1]
Grape Norton
Vitis aestivalis		 2003[1][13]
Grass Big bluestem
Andropogon gerardi		 2007[1][14]
Holiday Missouri Day
(Third Wednesday in October) 		1915[15]
Horse Missouri Fox Trotter
Equus ferus caballus		 2002[1][16]
Insect Honeybee
Apis mellifera		 1985[1][17]
Invertebrate Crayfish
2007[1][18]
Mineral Galena 1967[1][19]
Motto Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto
(Latin: "Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law.") 		1822[20]
Musical instrument Fiddle 1987[1][21]
Reptiles Three-toed box turtle
Terrapene carolina triunguis		 2007[1][22]
Rock Mozarkite 1967[1][23]
Song "Missouri Waltz" 1949[1][24]
Tree Flowering dogwood
Cornus florida		 1955[1][25]
Tree nut Eastern black walnut
Juglans nigra		 1990[1][26]

See also

References

"State Symbols of Missouri". Office of the Secretary of State, Missouri. Retrieved 2009-06-03.

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 "Chapter 10". Missouri Revised Statutes. August 28, 2012. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  2. ↑ "The State Amphibian". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  3. ↑ "The State Animal". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  4. ↑ "The State Aquatic Animal". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  5. ↑ "The State Bird". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  6. ↑ "Missouri's American Folk Dance". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 26, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
  7. ↑ "The State Dessert". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  8. ↑ "The State Dinosaur". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  9. ↑ "The State Fish". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  10. ↑ "Missouri's State Floral Emblem". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  11. ↑ "The State Fossil". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  12. ↑ "The State Game Bird". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  13. ↑ "The State Grape". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  14. ↑ "The State Grass". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  15. ↑ "Missouri Day". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 26, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
  16. ↑ "The State Horse". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  17. ↑ "The State Insect". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  18. ↑ "The State Invertebrate". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  19. ↑ "Missouri's State Mineral". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  20. ↑ "The Great Seal of Missouri". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 26, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
  21. ↑ "Missouri's State Musical Instrument". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  22. ↑ "The State Reptile". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  23. ↑ "Missouri's State Rock". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  24. ↑ "Missouri's State Song". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 26, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
  25. ↑ "Missouri's State Tree". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  26. ↑ "Missouri's State Tree Nut". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.

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