List of California state symbols
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Location of the state of California in the United States of America
This is a list of the officially designated symbols of the U.S. state of California. Most such designations are found in sections 420-429.8 of the California Government Code.[1]
State symbols
- Motto: Eureka, Adopted: 1963
- Nicknames: Golden State (official), Adopted: 1968
- Song: I Love You, California, Adopted: 1988
| Type | Symbol | Year | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amphibian | California red-legged frog Rana draytonii |
2014[2] |  |
| Animal | California grizzly bear Ursus arctos californicus |
1958 |  |
| Bird | California quail Callipepla californica |
1931 |  |
| Colors | Blue, which represents the sky, and gold, which represents the color of the precious metal found by forty-niners in the state's hills. |
1951 | |
| Dance | West Coast Swing |
1988 |  |
| Fife and Drum Band | California Consolidated Drum Band |
1997 | |
| Freshwater Fish | Golden trout Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita |
1947 |  |
| Flower | California poppy Eschscholzia californica |
1903 |  |
| Folk Dance | Square dance |
1988 |  |
| Fossil | Saber-toothed cat Smilodon californicus |
1973 |  |
| Fruit | Avocado Persea americana |
2013[3] |  |
| Gemstone | Benitoite |
1985 |  |
| Gold Rush Ghost Town | Bodie |
2002 |  |
| Grain | Rice | 2013[3] |  |
| Grass | Purple needlegrass Nassella pulchra |
2004 |  |
| Historical Society | California Historical Society |
1979 |  |
| Insects | California dogface butterfly Colias eurydice |
1972 |  |
| Marine Fish | Garibaldi Hypsypops rubicundus |
2002 |  |
| Marine Mammal | Gray whale Eschrichtius robustus |
1975 |  |
| Marine Reptile | Leatherback sea turtle Dermochelys coriacea |
2012 |  |
| Military Museum | California State Military Museum |
2004 |  |
| Mineral | Gold |
1965 |  |
| Nut | Almond |
2013[3] |  |
| Prehistoric artifact | Chipped stone bear |
1991 | |
| Reptile | Desert tortoise Gopherus agassizi |
1972 |  |
| Rock | Serpentine |
1965 |  |
| Silver Rush Ghost Town | Calico |
2005 |  |
| Soil | San Joaquin |
1997 |  |
| Tall ship | Californian |
2003 |  |
| Tartan | California State Tartan |
2001 |  |
| Theater | Pasadena Playhouse |
1937 |  |
| Tree | Coast redwood & sequoia Sequoiadendron giganteum & Sequoia sempervirens |
1937 |  |
| Vegetable | Artichoke Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus |
2013[3] |  |
| Vietnam Veterans Memorial | California Vietnam Veterans Memorial |
2014 |
