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]
Animal Missouri mule 1995[1][3]
Aquatic animal Paddlefish
Polyodon spathula		 1997[1][4]
Bird Bluebird
Sialia sialis		 1927[5] or 1929[1]
Dance Square dance
 1995[1][6]
Dessert Ice cream cone 2008[1][7]
Dinosaur Hypsibema missouriensis 2004[1][8]
Fish Channel catfish
Ictalurus punctatus		 1997[1][9]
Flower Hawthorn (also known as "red haw" or "wild haw")[1]
Crataegus punctata		 1923[10]
Fossil Crinoid
Delocrinus missouriensis		 1989[1][11]
Game bird Bobwhite Quail
Colinus virginianus[12]		 2007[1]
Grape Norton
Vitis aestivalis		 2003[1][13]
Grass Big bluestem
Andropogon gerardi		 2007[1][14]
Hockey team St. Louis Blues (NHL) 2019[15]
Holiday Missouri Day
(Third Wednesday in October)		 1915[16]
Horse Missouri Fox Trotter
Equus ferus caballus		 2002[1][17]
Insect Honeybee
Apis mellifera		 1985[1][18]
Invertebrate Crayfish
2007[1][19]
Mineral Galena 1967[1][20]
Motto Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto
(Latin: "Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law.")		 1822[21]
Musical instrument Fiddle 1987[1][22]
Reptile Three-toed box turtle
Terrapene carolina triunguis		 2007[1][23]
Rock Mozarkite 1967[1][24]
Song "Missouri Waltz" 1949[1][25]
Tartan "Missouri Tartan" 2019[1][26]
Tree Flowering dogwood
Cornus florida		 1955[1][27]
Tree nut Eastern black walnut
Juglans nigra		 1990[1][28]
NFL team Kansas City Chiefs 2019[29]

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. "The State Fish". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  10. "Missouri's State Floral Emblem". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  11. "The State Fossil". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  12. "The State Game Bird". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  13. "The State Grape". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  14. "The State Grass". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  15. "10.225". revisor.mo.gov. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  16. "Missouri Day". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 26, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
  17. "The State Horse". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  18. "The State Insect". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  19. "The State Invertebrate". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  20. "Missouri's State Mineral". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  21. "The Great Seal of Missouri". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 26, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
  22. "Missouri's State Musical Instrument". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  23. "The State Reptile". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  24. "Missouri's State Rock". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  25. "Missouri's State Song". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 26, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
  26. "Missouri's State Tartan". Missouri Revisor of Statutes. November 21, 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
  27. "Missouri's State Tree". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  28. "Missouri's State Tree Nut". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  29. https://www.senate.mo.gov/19info/pdf-bill/intro/SCR4.pdf
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