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Designation Symbol / Emblem Adopted
Great Seal Find out more 1822
Flag Find out more 1913
Day Missouri Day, 3rd Wednesday in October 1915
Floral Emblem Hawthorn Blossom (of tree commonly called the "red haw" or "wild haw" (Crataegus) 1923
Bird Bluebird (Sialia sialis) 1927
Song "Missouri Waltz" arranged by Frederick Knight Logan from a melody by John Valentine Eppel, with lyrics by J. R. Shannon 1949
Arboreal Emblem (Tree) Flowering Dogwood (Cornus Florida L.) 1955
Lithologic Emblem (Rock) Mozarkite 1967
Mineral Galena (lead) 1967
Insect Honeybee (Apis mellifera) 1985
Musical Instrument Fiddle 1987
Fossil Fossilized remains of Crinoidea (Delocrinus missouriensis) 1989
Nut Nut of the Black Walnut tree (juglans nigra), the Eastern Black Walnut. 1990
American Folk Dance Square Dance 1995
Animal Missouri Mule 1995
Aquatic Animal Paddlefish or Spoonbill, (Polyodon spathula). 1997
Fish Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) 1997
Horse Missouri Fox Trotting Horse   ( more ) 2002
Grape Norton/Cynthiana grape 2003
Dinosaur Hypsibema missouriensis 2004
Amphibian North American Bullfrog 2005
Grass Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) 2007
Reptile Three-toed box turtle (Terrapene carolina triunguis) 2007
Invertebrate Crayfish, also called crawfish and crawdad. 2007
Game bird Bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) 2007
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