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State symbols and emblems
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Designation Symbol / Emblem Adopted
Arboretum Washington Park Arboretum - University of Washington, Seattle ??????
Great Seal Find out more 1889
Flower Coast Rhododendron (Rhododendron macrophyllum) 1892
Flag Find out more 1923
Tree Western Hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) 1947
Bird Willow Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) 1951
Song "Washington, My Home" written by Helen Davis, arranged by Stuart Churchill 1959
Fish Steelhead Trout (Salmo gairdneri) 1969
Gem Petrified Wood 1975
Dance Square Dance 1979
Ship President Washington 1983
Folk Song "Roll On Columbia, Roll On" by Woody Guthrie 1987
Fruit Apple 1989
Grass Bluebunch Wheatgrass (Agropyron spicatum) 1989
Tartan Asett w/green background and blue, white, yellow, red and black stripes. 1991
Insect Green Darner Dragonfly (Anax junius Drury) 1997
Fossil Columbian Mammoth (Mammuthus columbi) 1998
Marine Mammal Orca (Orcinus orca) Effective June 24, 2005. 2005
Vegetable Walla Walla sweet onion 2007
Amphibian Pacific chorus frog (Pseudacris regilla) 2007
Ship Lady Washington 2007
Endemic Mammal Olympic marmot (Marmota olympus) Effective July 26, 2009. 2005
How a Bill Becomes Law in Washington

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