List of Texas state symbols
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The following is a list of symbols of the U.S. State of Texas.
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[edit] Official designations and symbols[1]
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| Flower | bluebonnets (Lupinus spp., namely Texas Bluebonnet, L. texensis) | March 1901[2] |
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| state motto | "Friendship" | ||
| state nickname | The Lone Star State[3] also The Friendship State | ||
| state tree | Pecan | 1906 |
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| state soil | Houston Black | ||
| state bird | mockingbird |
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| state song | Texas Our Texas | 1929 | |
| state mammal (small) | armadillo |
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| state mammal (large) | Texas longhorn |
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| state mammal (flying)] | Mexican free-tailed bat |
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| State Air Force | Commemorative Air Force | ||
| state cooking implement | Dutch oven |
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| state dinosaur | Brachiosaur Sauropod, Pleurocoelus | ||
| state dish | chili con carne |
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| state fiber and fabric | cotton |
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| state fish | Guadalupe bass | ||
| state folk dance | square dance | ||
| state fruit | Texas red grapefruit |
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| state gem | Texas blue topaz | ||
| state gemstone cut | Lone Star Cut[4] | ||
| state grass | Sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula) |
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| state insect | monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) |
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| state molecule | buckyball |
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| musical instrument | guitar |
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| state pepper (native) | chiltepin (Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum) |
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| state pepper (other) | jalapeño |
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| state plant | prickly pear cactus |
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| state reptile | Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum), commonly called the "horny toad" |
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| state shell | lightning whelk (Busycon perversum pulleyi) |
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| state ship | the Battleship USS Texas (BB-35) |
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| state shrub | crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica) |
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| state shrub (native) | Texas sage (Leucophyllum frutescens)) |
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| state slogan | "It's like a whole other country" | ||
| state snack | tortilla chips and salsa | ||
| state sport | rodeo |
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| state stone | petrified palmwood | ||
| state tartan | Texas bluebonnet tartan | ||
| state vegetable | Texas sweet onion |
[edit] Pledge to the Texas Flag
- Further information: Flag of Texas
Words to the pledge:
- Honor the Texas Flag;
- I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas,
- one state under God,[5]
- one and indivisible.
[edit] Ships
Four ships of the United States Navy and one in the Confederate States Navy have borne the name Texas:
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Texas State Library. Retrieved on 11, 2006. Retrieved on 07, 2006.
- ^ Elliott, Jane (March 22, 2008), “How did bluebonnets become state flower”, Houston Chronicle, <http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/main/5640669.html>. Retrieved on 27 May 2008
- ^ 50states.com list of State Nicknames
- ^ State History Guide Texas Symbols, Gemstone Cut: Lone Star Cut
- ^ Texas State Library Flag Pledge, Texas State Library
[edit] External links
- Texas State Symbols. About Texas. Texas State Library and Archives Commission (2006-11-14). Retrieved on 2007-02-01.
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