- State nicknames and symbols
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▪ TableState nicknames and symbolsstate state tree state bird state flower state nickname(s) mottoAlabama southern (longleaf) pine yellowhammer camellia Cotton State, Yellowhammer State, Heart of Dixie We Dare Defend Our RightsArkansas pine mockingbird apple blossom The Natural State, Land of Opportunity Regnat Populus (The People Rule)California California redwood California valley quail golden poppy Golden State Eureka (I Have Found It)Colorado Colorado blue spruce lark bunting Rocky Mountain columbine Centennial State Nil Sine Numine (Nothing Without Providence)Connecticut white oak American robin mountain laurel Nutmeg State, Constitution State Qui Transtulit Sustinet (He Who Transplanted Still Sustains)Delaware American holly blue hen chicken peach blossom First State, Diamond State Liberty and IndependenceDistrict of Columbia (Washington) scarlet oak woodthrush American Beauty rose — Justitia Omnibus (Justice For All)Georgia live oak brown thrasher Cherokee rose Empire State of the South, Peach State Wisdom, Justice, and ModerationHawaii kukui (candlenut) nene (Hawaiian goose) hibiscus Aloha State Ua Mau Ke Ea O Ka Aina I Ka Pono (The Life of the Land Is Perpetuated in Righteousness)Illinois white oak cardinal native violet Prairie State, Land of Lincoln State Sovereignty, National UnionIowa oak eastern goldfinch wild rose Hawkeye State, Corn State Our Liberties We Prize and Our Rights We Will MaintainKansas cottonwood western meadowlark native sunflower Sunflower State, Jayhawker State Ad Astra Per Aspera (To the Stars Through Difficulties)Louisiana bald cypress eastern brown pelican magnolia Pelican State, Creole State, Sugar State Union, Justice, ConfidenceMaryland white oak Baltimore oriole black-eyed Susan Free State, Old Line State Fatti Maschii, Parole Femine (Manly Deeds, Womanly Words)Massachusetts American elm chickadee mayflower (trailing arbutus) Bay State, Old Colony State Ense Petit Placidam Sub Libertate Quietem (By the Sword We Seek Peace, But Peace Only Under Liberty)Michigan white pine American robin apple blossom Wolverine State, Great Lake State Si Quaeris Peninsulam Amoenam Circumspice (If You Seek a Pleasant Peninsula, Look About You)Minnesota red, or Norway, pine loon pink and white lady's slipper North Star State, Gopher State, Land of 10,000 Lakes, Land of Sky-blue Waters L'Étoile du Nord (The North Star)Missouri dogwood bluebird hawthorn Show Me State Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto (The Welfare of the People Shall Be the Supreme Law)Montana ponderosa pine western meadowlark bitterroot Treasure State, Big Sky Country Oro y Plata (Gold and Silver)Nebraska cottonwood western meadowlark goldenrod Cornhusker State, Beef State Equality Before the LawNevada single-leaf piñon mountain bluebird sagebrush Sagebrush State, Silver State, Battle Born State All For Our CountryNew Mexico piñon (nut pine) roadrunner yucca flower Land of Enchantment Crescit Eundo (It Grows As It Goes)North Carolina longleaf pine cardinal dogwood Tar Heel State, Old North State Esse Quam Videri (To Be Rather Than To Seem)North Dakota American elm western meadowlark wild prairie rose Flickertail State, Sioux State, Peace Garden State, Rough Rider State Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and InseparableOklahoma redbud scissor-tailed flycatcher mistletoe Sooner State Labor Omnia Vincit (Labor Conquers All Things)South Carolina cabbage palmetto Carolina wren yellow jessamine Palmetto State Animis Opibusque Parati (Prepared in Mind and Resources)South Dakota Black Hills spruce ring-necked pheasant pasqueflower Mount Rushmore State, Coyote State, Sunshine State Under God the People RuleVirginia flowering dogwood cardinal dogwood Mother of Presidents, The Old Dominion Sic Semper Tyrannis (Thus Always To Tyrants)Washington western hemlock willow goldfinch western rhododendron Evergreen State, Chinook State Alki (By and By)West Virginia sugar maple cardinal big rhododendron Mountain State Montani Semper Liberi (Mountaineers Are Always Free)*Unofficial.See as table:
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