Texas State Symbols
STATE OF TEXAS SYMBOLS
- State Tree - Pecan, adopted in 1919
- State Flower - Bluebonnet, adopted in 1901
- State Bird - Mockingbird, adopted in 1927
- State Motto - Friendship, adopted in 1930
- State Insect - Monarch Butterfly
- State Stone - Petrified palmwood, adopted in 1969
- State Gem - Texas blue topaz, adopted in 1969
- State Grass - Sideoats grama, adopted in 1971
- State Dish - Chili, adopted in 1977
- State Fish - Guadalupe bass, adopted in 1989
- State Folk Dance - Square dance, adopted in 1991
- State Fruit - Texas red grapefruit, adopted in 1993
- State Seashell - Lightning whelk, adopted in 1987
- State Song - Texas, Our Texas , adopted in 1929
- Unofficial State Song - They Eyes of Texas are Upon You".