63-13-5.5. State symbols.
(1) Utah's state animal is the elk.
(2) Utah's state bird is the sea gull.
(3) Utah's state centennial astronomical symbol is the
Beehive Cluster located in the constellation of Cancer the Crab.
(4) Utah's state centennial star is Dubhe, one of the
seven bright stars composing the Big Dipper in the constellation Ursa Major.
(5) Utah's state centennial tartan, which honors the
first Scots known to have been in Utah and those Utahns of Scottish heritage,
shall have a pattern or repeating-half-sett of white-2, blue-6, red-6, blue-4,
red-6, green-18, red-6, and white-4 to represent the tartan worn anciently by
the Logan and Skene clans, with the addition of a white stripe.
(6) Utah's state cooking pot is the dutch oven.
(7) Utah's state emblem is the beehive.
(8) Utah's state fish is the Bonneville cutthroat
trout.
(9) Utah's state flower is the sego lily.
(10) Utah's state folk dance is the square dance, the
folk dance that is called, cued, or prompted to the dancers and includes
squares, rounds, clogging, contra, line, and heritage dances.
(11) Utah's state fossil is the Allosaurus.
(12) Utah's state fruit is the cherry.
(13) Utah's state vegetable is the Spanish sweet
onion.
(14) Utah's historic state vegetable is the sugar
beet.
(15) Utah's state gem is topaz, as is prominently
found in the Thomas Mountain Range in Juab County, Utah.
(16) Utah's state grass is Indian rice grass.
(17) Utah's state hymn is "Utah We Love
Thee" by Evan Stephens.
(18) Utah's state insect is the honeybee.
(19) Utah's state mineral is copper.
(20) Utah's state motto is "Industry."
(21) Utah's state railroad museum is Ogden Union
Station.
(22) Utah's state rock is coal.
(23) Utah's state song is "Utah This is the
Place" by Sam and Gary Francis.
(24) Utah's state tree is the blue spruce.
Amended by Chapter 152, 2003 General
Session