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Designation Symbol / Emblem Adopted
American Folk Dance Square Dance 1990
Amphibian Eastern Tiger Salamander Ambystoma tigrinum 2005
Animal White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) 1982
Bird Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 1929
Fish Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) 1986
Flag Find out more 1915
1969
1970
Flower Native Violet (Violaceae) 1908
Fossil The Tully Monster (Tullimonstrum gregarium) 1989
Fruit Goldrush apple (Malus xdomestica Borkh) 2007
Great Seal Find out more 1818
1868
Insect Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) 1975
Language English 1969
Mineral Fluorite (Calcium fluoride) 1965
Prairie Grass Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardii Vitman) 1989
Reptile Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta picta) 2005
Slogan Land of Lincoln 1955
Snackfood Popcorn 2004
Soil Drummer Series* 2001
Song Illinois words by C.H. Chamberlain, music by Archibald Johnson 1925
Theatre The Great American People Show 1995
Tree White Oak (Quercus alba) 1973
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