List of Missouri state symbols

The following is a list of the officially designated symbols of the U.S. state of Missouri.

Flag
Seal
Route marker
Quarter (released in 2003)

State symbols
Type Symbol Adopted Image
Amphibian American bullfrog
Lithobates catesbeiana		 2005[1][2] American bull frog
Animal Missouri mule 1995[1][3] Missouri Governor Warren Hearnes with champion mules at 1969 state fair
Aquatic animal Paddlefish
Polyodon spathula		 1997[1][4] Paddlefish
Bird Bluebird
Sialia sialis		 1927[5] or 1929[1] Bluebird
Dance Square dance 1995[1][6] Square Dance
Dessert Ice cream cone 1904[1][7] Ice Cream
Dinosaur Hypsibema missouriensis 2004[1][8]
Endangered species Hellbender salamander
Cryptobranchus alleganiensis		 2019[9] Hellbender
Exercise Jumping jacks 2014[9] Jumping jacks
Fish Channel catfish
Ictalurus punctatus		 1997[1][10] Channel Catfish
Flower Hawthorn (also known as "red haw" or "wild haw")[1]
Crataegus punctata		 1923[11] White Hawthorn
Football team Kansas City Chiefs (NFL) 2019[12]
Fossil Crinoid
Delocrinus missouriensis		 1989[1][13] Crinoid
Fruit tree Pawpaw tree
Asimina triloba		 2019[9] Pawpaw tree
Game bird Bobwhite Quail
Colinus virginianus[14]		 2007[1] Bobwhite Quail
Grape Norton
Vitis aestivalis		 2003[1][15] Norton
Grass Big bluestem
Andropogon gerardi		 2007[1][16] Big Bluestem
Historical dog Old Drum 2017[9]
Hockey team St. Louis Blues (NHL) 2019[17]
Holiday Missouri Day
(Third Wednesday in October)		 1915[18] Missouri Day is the third Wednesday in October.
Horse Missouri Fox Trotter
Equus ferus caballus		 2002[1][19] Missouri Fox Trotter
Insect Honeybee
Apis mellifera		 1985[1][20] Honeybee
Invertebrate Crayfish
2007[1][21] Crayfish
Mineral Galena 1967[1][22] Galena
Motto Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto
(Latin: "Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law.")		 1822[23] A 10-cent Saint Louis postage stamp, 1845-46, bears the state seal and motto.
Musical instrument Fiddle 1987[1][24] Fiddle
Reptile Three-toed box turtle
Terrapene carolina triunguis		 2007[1][25] Three-toed Box Turtle
Rock Mozarkite 1967[1][26] Mozarkite
Song "Missouri Waltz" 1949[1][27] Missouri Waltz
Tartan "Missouri Tartan" 2019[1][28] Missouri Tartan
Tree Flowering dogwood
Cornus florida		 1955[1][29] Flowering Dogwood
Tree nut Eastern black walnut
Juglans nigra		 1990[1][30] Eastern Black Walnut
Wonder dog Jim the Wonder Dog 2017[9]

See also

References

"State Symbols of Missouri". Office of the Secretary of State, Missouri. Retrieved 2009-06-03.

  1. "Chapter 10". Missouri Revised Statutes. August 28, 2012. Archived from the original on October 30, 2013. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  2. "The State Amphibian". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  3. "The State Animal". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  4. "The State Aquatic Animal". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  5. "The State Bird". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  6. "Missouri's American Folk Dance". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 26, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
  7. "The State Dessert". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  8. "The State Dinosaur". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  9. "Chapter 10: State Emblems". Official Website for the Revised Statutes of Missouri. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  10. "The State Fish". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  11. "Missouri's State Floral Emblem". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  12. https://www.senate.mo.gov/19info/pdf-bill/intro/SCR4.pdf
  13. "The State Fossil". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  14. "The State Game Bird". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  15. "The State Grape". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  16. "The State Grass". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  17. "10.225". revisor.mo.gov. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  18. "Missouri Day". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 26, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
  19. "The State Horse". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  20. "The State Insect". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  21. "The State Invertebrate". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  22. "Missouri's State Mineral". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  23. "The Great Seal of Missouri". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 26, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
  24. "Missouri's State Musical Instrument". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  25. "The State Reptile". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  26. "Missouri's State Rock". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  27. "Missouri's State Song". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 26, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
  28. "Missouri's State Tartan". Missouri Revisor of Statutes. November 21, 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
  29. "Missouri's State Tree". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  30. "Missouri's State Tree Nut". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
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