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Designation Symbol / Emblem Adopted
Blue Berry Blueberry (genus Vaccinium) 2001
Beverage Milk 1987
Bird Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 1943
Carnivorous Plant Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) 2005
Collard festival Ayden Collard Festival 2007
Colors Red and Blue 1945
Dog Plott Hound 1989
Flag Find out more 1885
Flower Dogwood 1941
Folk Dance Clogging 2005
Fruit Scuppernong Grape (genus Vitis) 2001
Great Seal Find out more 1893
Historical Boat Shad Boat 1987
Insect Honeybee (Apis millifera) 1973
International Festival Folkmoot USA 2003
Language English 1987
Mammal Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) 1969
Military Academy Oak Ridge Military Academy, Oak Ridge 1991
Northeastern Watermelon Festival Hertford County Watermelon Festival 1993
Popular Dance Shagging 2005
Precious Stone Emerald 1973
Red Berry Strawberry (genus Fragaria) 2001
Reptile and Emblem Eastern Box Turtle 1979
Rock Granite 1979
Saltwater Fish Channel Bass (Red Drum) 1971
Shell Scotch Bonnet (pronounced bonay) 1965
Song "The Old North State" words by William Gaston, music by Mrs. E. E. Randolph 1927
Southeastern Watermelon Festival Fair Bluff Watermelon Festival, Columbus County 1993
Tartan Carolina Tartan 1991
Toast "A Toast" to North Carolina 1957
Tree Pine 1963
Vegetable Sweet Potato 1995
Wildflower Carolina Lily (Lilium michauxii) 2003
How a Bill Becomes Law in North Carolina

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