The Official Dog of Texas, Plus More Than 70 Other State Symbols
Ask a native Texan what the official state bird of Texas is, and you'll more often than not get the correct answer of a mockingbird. The same holds true for the state tree (pecan) or the official state nickname (Lone Star State). But, until I logged onto a government site listing the numerous 'state symbols' of Texas, I never knew that we had a state snack or a state water lily.
Here's a list of the more than 70 state designations for the Lone Star State:
- Air Force - Commemorative Air Force
- Amphibian - Texas Toad
- Aquarium - Texas State Aquarium
- Bird - Mockingbird
- Bison herd - Texas State Bison Herd at Caprock Canyons State Park
- Bluebonnet City - Ennis
- Bluebonnet Festival - Chappell Hill Bluebonnet Festival
- Bluebonnet trail - Ennis
- Bread - Pan de Campo
- Cobbler - Peach Cobbler
- Cooking Implement - Cast Iron Dutch Oven
- Crustacean - Texas Gulf Shrimp
- Dinosaur - Paluxysaurus Jonesi
- Dish - Chili
- Dog Breed - Blue Lacy
- Domino Game - 42
- Epic Poem - Legend of Old Stone Ranch
- Fiber and Fabric - Cotton
- Fish - Guadalupe Bass
- Flower - Bluebonnet
- Flower song - "Bluebonnets"
- Folk dance - Square Dance
- Footwear - Cowboy Boot
- Fruit - Texas Red Grapefruit
- Garden, Botanical - Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Gem - Texas Blue Topaz
- Gemstone cut - Lone Star Cut
- Grass - Sideoats Grama
- Handgun - 1847 Colt Walker Pistol
- Hashtag - #Texas
- Hashtag of Texas Tourism - #TexasToDo
- Hashtag of the Texas Legislature - #txlege
- Hat - Cowboy Hat
- Health nut - Pecan
- Horse - American Quarter Horse
- Insect - Monarch Butterfly
- Knife - Bowie Knife
- Longhorn Herd - Foundation Herd of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
- Mammal, flying - Mexican Free-Tailed Bat
- Mammal, large - Longhorn
- Mammal, small - Armadillo
- Maritime Museum - Texas Maritime Museum
- Motto - "Friendship"
- Mushroom - Texas Star Mushroom
- Music - Western Swing
- Musical Instrument - Guitar
- Native Pepper - Chiltepin
- Native Shrub - Texas Purple Sage
- Nickname - "The Lone Star State"
- Pastries - Sopaipilla; strudel
- Pepper - Jalapeno
- Pie - Pecan Pie
- Plant - Prickly Pear Cactus
- Plays - The Lone Star; Texas; Beyond the Sundown; Fandangle
- Pollinator - Western Honey Bee
- Precious Metal - Silver
- Railroad - Texas State Railroad
- Reptile - Texas Horned Lizard
- Rodeo Drill Team - Ghostriders
- Saltwater fish - Red Drum
- Sea Turtle - Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle
- Shell - Lightning Whelk
- Ship - U.S.S. Texas
- Shrub - Crape Myrtle
- Snack - Tortilla Chips and Salsa
- Song - "Texas, Our Texas"
- Sport - Rodeo
- Squash - Pumpkin
- Stone - Petrified Palmwood
- Tall Ship - Elissa
- Tartan - Texas Bluebonnet
- 10K - Texas Round-Up 10K
- Tree - Pecan
- Vegetable - Sweet Onion
- Vehicle - Chuck Wagon
- Waterlily - Nymphaea Texas Dawn
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