Location of the state of Texas in the United States of America

The following is a list of symbols of the U.S. state of Texas.

Official designations and symbols[edit]

Type	Symbol	Date Designated	Notes
state flower	bluebonnet (flowers) (Lupinus spp., namely Texas Bluebonnet, L. texensis)	1901, March !March 1901[1]	Texas bluebonnet
state motto	"Friendship"	1930 [2]
state nickname	The Lone Star State[3] (also The Friendship State)
State Flag	"The Lone Star Flag"	June 30, 1839	flag of Texas
National Seal	Seal of the Republic of Texas	January 25, 1839	First Great Seal of Texas
State Seal	Seal of the State of Texas	December 29, 1845	Seal of Texas
Reverse of the State Seal	Reverse of the State Seal	August 26, 1961	The Reverse of the Texas State Seal of Texas
National Coat of Arms	Coat of Arms of the Republic of Texas	January 25, 1839	National Coat of Arms of Texas
State Coat of Arms	Coat of Arms of the State of Texas	1993	State Coat of Arms of Texas
National Guard Crest	National Guard Crest of the State of Texas	February 18, 1924	National Guard Crest of Texas
state tree	Pecan (Carya illinoinensis)	1906	Pecan tree in Abilene, Texas
state soil	Houston Black
state bird	Northern Mockingbird	1927	mockingbird
state song	Texas, Our Texas	1929
state mammal (small)	Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)	1927	armadillo
state mammal (large)	Texas longhorn	1995	Texas longhorn cow
state mammal (flying)	Mexican free-tailed bat	1995	Mexican free-tailed bat
state dog	Blue Lacy	June 18, 2005	Lacy Dog

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Other official designations[edit]

Type	Symbol	Date Designated	Notes
State Air Force	Commemorative Air Force
State bread	pan de campo
state cooking implement	Dutch oven		1890s Dutch oven
state dinosaur	Brachiosaur Sauropod, Pleurocoelus
state dish	chili con carne	1977	Chili con carne
State Domino Game	Texas 42, a four-player domino game with bidding and trumps
state fiber and fabric	cotton		Cotton plant
state fish	Guadalupe bass	1989	Guadalupe bass
state folk dance	square dance	1991
state fruit	Texas red grapefruit	1993	grapefruit
state gem	Texas blue topaz	1969
state gemstone cut	Lone Star Cut[4]
state grass	Sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula)	1971
state insect	monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)	1995	female monarch butterfly
state molecule	buckyball		Buckyball Buckminsterfullerene C60
state music	western swing		WSlogo.jpg
musical instrument	Guitar
state nut	Native pecan	1919	Pecans
state pepper (native)	chiltepin (Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum)
state pepper (other)	jalapeño	1995
state plant	prickly pear cactus	1995
state plays	Fort Griffin Fandangle, The Lone Star, Texas, Beyond Sundown
state reptile	Texas Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum), commonly called the "Horny Toad" or "Horned Frog". The Horned Lizard is a species unique to Texas.	1993
state shell	lightning whelk (Busycon perversum pulleyi)	1987
state ship	the Battleship USS Texas (BB-35)
state shrub	crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)
state shrub (native)	Texas sage (Leucophyllum frutescens))
state slogan	"The Friendly State"	1930
state snack	tortilla chips and salsa	1995
state sport (individual)	rodeo		bull riding at a rodeo
state sport (team)	American football
state stone	petrified palmwood
state tartan	Texas Bluebonnet Tartan	May 25, 1989
state pastry	strudel and sopaipilla	2003-2005
state vegetable	Texas sweet onion	1997

Texas centennial half dollar commemorative.

Texas quarter reverse.

Pledge to the Texas Flag[edit]

Words to the pledge:

Honor the Texas Flag;

I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas,

one state under God,^[5]

one and indivisible.

Ships[edit]

USS Texas (BB-35), the oldest remaining dreadnought.

Four ships of the United States Navy and one in the Confederate States Navy have borne the name Texas:

• CSS Texas
• USS Texas (1892)
• USS Texas (BB-35)
• USS Texas (DLGN/CGN-39)
• USS Texas (SSN-775)

See also[edit]

• List of Texas-related topics
• Lists of United States state insignia

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• "Texas State Symbols". About Texas. Texas State Library and Archives Commission. 2006-11-14. Retrieved 2007-02-01. 
• "Texas House Resolution 84". 42 - The Official State Domino Game of Texas. 2011-06-17. Retrieved 2011-06-17. 

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