List of Texas state symbols

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File:Texas in United States.svg
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

Type Symbol Date designated Image
Motto "Friendship" 1930 [1][2]
Nickname "The Lone Star State"[1]
Flag The Lone Star Flag[1] June 30, 1839 File:Flag of Texas.svg
National seal Seal of the Republic of Texas January 25, 1839 File:Seal of the Republic of Texas (colorized).svg
State seal Seal of Texas December 29, 1845 File:Seal of the state of texas.svg
Reverse of the seal August 26, 1961 File:Seal of Texas (reverse).svg
National coat of arms Coat of arms of the Republic of Texas January 25, 1839 File:Coat of arms of the Republic of Texas.svg
State coat of arms Coat of arms of Texas 1993 File:State Arms of Texas.svg
National guard crest Crest of the Texas National Guard February 18, 1924 File:Texas National Guard crest.svg
Flower Bluebonnets (Lupinus spp., namely Texas bluebonnet, L. texensis and sandy land bluebonnet L. subcarnosus)[1] Script error: No such module "sort".[3] File:Bluebonnet-8100.jpg
Tree Pecan (Carya illinoinensis) 1919 File:EvermanPark.JPG
Soil Houston Black
Bird Northern mockingbird 1927[1][4]
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Song "Texas, Our Texas"[1] 1929
Mammal (small) Nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)[1] 1927 File:Dasypus novemcinctus.jpg
Mammal (large) Texas Longhorn[1] 1995 File:Texas Longhorn cow.jpg
Mammal (flying) Mexican free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis)[1] 1995 File:Tadarida brasiliensis.jpg
Dog Blue Lacy[1] June 18, 2005 File:BlueLacyPhoto1.jpg
Horse American Quarter Horse[1] 2009
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Other official designations

File:Texas centennial half dollar commemorative obverse.jpg
Texas Centennial half dollar commemorative
File:Texas quarter, reverse side, 2004.png
Texas quarter reverse
Type Symbol Date Designated Image
Air force Commemorative Air Force[1]
Bread Pan de campo[1] Pan de campo
Cooking implement Dutch oven[1] File:Dutch Oven -McClures Magazine.jpg
Dinosaur Sauroposeidon proteles 2009 (replaced Pleurocoelus which was state dinosaur 1997–2009)[5] File:Sauroposeidon Scale Diagram Steveoc86.svg
Dish Chili[1] 1977 File:Bowl of Chili No Beans.jpg
Domino game Texas 42,[1] a four-player domino game with bidding and trumps
Fiber and fabric Cotton 1997[1][6] File:CottonPlant.JPG
Fish Guadalupe bass[1] (Micropterus treculii) 1989 File:Guadalupe bass - Micropterus treculii.jpg
Flower song Bluebonnets 1933[1][7]
Folk dance Square dance 1991
Square Dance Group
Fruit Texas red grapefruit 1993 File:Citrus paradisi (Grapefruit, pink) white bg.jpg
Gem Texas blue topaz 1969
Blue topaz emerald-cut faceted gemstone
Gemstone cut Lone Star Cut[8] File:Texasstargem.jpg
Grass Sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula) 1971 File:Bouteloua curtipendula.jpg
Handgun Colt Walker[1] 2021 File:Colt Walker Percussion Revolver, serial no. 1017 MET 58.171.1 002feb2015.jpg
Insect Monarch butterfly[1] (Danaus plexippus) 1995 File:Monarch In May.jpg
Music Western swing[1]
Musical instrument Acoustic guitar[1] File:Guitar 1.jpg
Nut Pecan (carya illinoinensis) 1919 File:Pecan-nuts-on-tree.jpg
Pepper (native) Chiltepin (Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum) File:Chiltepin mexico sonora.jpg
Pepper (other) Jalapeño 1995 File:Illustration Capsicum annuum0.jpg
Plant Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia sp.) 1995 File:Opuntia littoralis var vaseyi 4.jpg
Play Fort Griffin Fandangle, The Lone Star, Texas, Beyond Sundown[1]
Reptile Texas horned lizard[1] (Phrynosoma cornutum), commonly called the horny toad or horned frog. 1993 File:TexasHornedLizard.jpg
Shell Lightning whelk (Sinistrofulgur perversum pulleyi) 1987 File:Welk2.jpg
Ship The battleship Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".[1] File:USS Texas BB-35.jpg
Shrub Crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica) File:Lagerstroemia indica.jpg
Shrub (native) Texas sage (Leucophyllum frutescens) File:Leucophyllum frutescens Green Cloud.jpg
Slogan "The Friendly State"[1] 1930
Snack Tortilla chips and salsa[1] 1995
A bowl of tortilla chips with red salsa and green guacamole
Sport Rodeo 1997 [6] File:Bull-Riding2-Szmurlo.jpg
Stone Petrified palmwood File:Petrified-Forest-Chemnitz4.JPG
Tartan Texas Bluebonnet Tartan May 25, 1989 File:Texas Bluebonnet Tartan.svg
Pastry Strudel and sopaipilla 2003-2005
Strudel pastries
Sopapilla pastries
Vegetable Texas sweet onion[1] 1997
Sweet onions in a pile

Pledge to the Texas flag

A pledge of allegiance to the Texas flag was established in 1933.

Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one and indivisible. [9]

Updated on June 15, 2007 to:

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Ships

File:USS Texas 1.jpg
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:

See also

References

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  5. ↑ Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Texas State Symbols. July 1, 2010. Accessed November 25, 2010
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  8. ↑ State History Guide Texas Symbols, Gemstone Cut: Lone Star Cut
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