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State symbols and emblems
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Designation Symbol / Emblem Adopted
Great Seal Find out more. 1849
Flower Golden Poppy (Eschscholzia) 1903
Flag Find out more. 1911
Bird California Valley Quail (Lophortyx californica) 1931
Theater Pasadena Playhouse 1937
Tree California Redwood (Coast Redwood: Sequoia sempervirens) and (Giant Sequoia: Sequoia gigantea). The name, Sequoia gigantea was given to the Giant Sequoia by Joseph Decaisne in 1854. Though adopted, by the California legislature as Sequoia gigantea, the Giant Sequoia was more correctly identified as Sequoiadendron giganteum by John T. Buchholz in 1939. NETSTATE thanks to J. Jenneskens for bringing this to our attention. 1937
Fish California Golden Trout (Salmo agua-bonita) 1947
Colors Blue and Gold 1951
Song I Love You, California lyrics by F.B. Silverwood and music by A.F. Frankenstein, published 1913 1951
Animal California Grizzly Bear (Ursus californicus 1953
Mineral & Mineralogic Emblem Gold 1965
Rock & Lithologic Emblem Serpentine 1965
Insect California Dogface Butterfly (Zerene eurydice Boisduval, 1855 1972
Reptile Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agasizzi) 1972
Fossil Sabre-Toothed Cat (Smilodon californicus) 1973
Marine Mammal California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) 1975
Historical Society California Historical Society 1979
Gemstone Benitoite 1985
Dance West Coast Swing Dance 1988
Prehistoric artifact Chipped Stone Bear 1991
Outdoor play Ramona Pageant 1993
Marine Fish Garibaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus) 1995
Fife and Drum Corp California Consolidated Drum Band 1997
Soil San Joaquin Soil 1997
Poet Laureate Find out more. 2001
Tartan Find out more 2001
Gold Rush Ghost Town Bodie 2002
Tall Ship Californian 2003
Grass Purple Needlegrass (Nassella pulchra) 2004
Military Museum California State Military Museum and Resource Center 2004
Silver Rush Ghost Town Calico 2005
How a Bill Becomes Law in California

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