NICKNAME FLOWER BIRD
AL Yellowhammer State Camellia Yellowhammer
AK The Last Frontier
Land of the Midnight Sun
Forget-me-not Willow ptarmigan
AZ Grand Canyon State Flower of
saguaro cactus
Cactus wren
AR Land of Opportunity Apple Blossom Mockingbird
CA Golden State Golden poppy California valley quail
CO Centennial State Rocky Mountain
columbine
Lark bunting
CT Nutmeg State
Constitution State
Mountain Laurel American Robin
DE Diamond State
First State
Small Wonder
Peach Blossom Blue Hen chicken
FL Sunshine State Orange blossom Mockingbird
GA Peach State
Empire State of the South
Cherokee rose Brown thrasher
HI Aloha State Hibiscus Nene (hawaiian goose)
ID Gem State
Spud State
Panhandle State
Syringa Mountain bluebird
IL Prairie State Violet Cardinal
IN Hoosier State Peony Cardinal
IA Hawkeye State Wild rose Eastern goldfinch
KS Sunflower State
Jayhawk State
Sunflower Western meadowlark
KY Bluegrass State Goldenrod Kentucky cardinal
LA Pelican State
Sportsman’s ParadiseCreole StateSugar State
Magnolia Pelican
ME Pine Tree State White pine cone
and tassel
Chickadee
MD Free State
Old Line State
Black-eyed susan Baltimore oriole
MA Bay State
Old Colony State
Mayflower Chickadee
MI Wolverine State Apple blossom Robin
MN North Star State
Land of 10,000 Lakes
Gopher State
Showy lady
slipper
Common loon (also called
Great Northern Diver)
MS Magnolia State Magnolia or
evergreen magnolia
Mockingbird
MO Show-me State floral emblem,
Hawthorn
Bluebird
MT Treasure State
Big Sky Country
Bitterroot Western meadowlark
NE Cornhusker State
Beef State
Goldenrod Western meadowlark
NV Sagebrush State
Silver State
Battle Born State
Sagebrush Mountain bluebird
NH Granite State Purple lilac Purple finch
NJ Garden State Purple violet Eastern goldfinch
NM Land of Enchantment
Sunshine State
Yucca Roadrunner
NY Empire State Rose Bluebird
NC Tar Heel State Dogwood Cardinal
ND SiouxState
Flickertail State
PeaceGarden State
Wild prairie rose Western meadowlark
OH Buckeye State Scarlet
Carnation
Cardinal
OK Sooner State Mistletoe Scissor-tailed
flycatcher
OR Beaver State Oregon grape Western meadowlark
PA Keystone State Mountain laurel Ruffed grouse
RI The Ocean State Violet Rhode Island Red
SC Palmetto State Carolina yellow
jessamine
Carolina wren
SD Mount Rushmore State
Coyote State
American
pasqueflower
Ring-necked
pheasant
TN Volunteer State Iris Mockingbird
TX Lone Star State Bluebonnet Mockingbird
UT Beehive State Sego lily California gull
VT Green Mountain State Red Clover Hermit thrush
VA The Old Dominion
Mother of Presidents
American
dogwood
Cardinal
WA Evergreen State
Chinook State
Coast
Rhododendron
Willow goldfinch
WV Mountain State Rhododendron Cardinal
WI Badger State Wood violet Robin
WY Equality State Indian
paintbrush
Meadowlark
SONG TREE FISH
AL Alabama Southern pine (longleaf) Tarpon (salt water) Largemouth Bass (freshwater)
AK Alaska’s Flag Sitka spruce King salmon
AZ Arizona March Song Palo Verde Arizona trout
AR Arkansas Pine
CA I Love You, California California redwood California golden trout
CO WheretheColumbinesGrow Colorado Blue Spruce
CT Yankee Doodle White Oak
DE Our Delaware American holly Weakfish, Cynoscion regalis
FL Old Folks At Home
Swannee River
Sabal Palmetto Palm
GA Georgia on My Mind Live oak
HI Hawaii Ponoi Kukui (Candlenut)
ID Here We Have Idaho White pinehorse,
Appaloosa
Cutthroat trout
IL Illinois White oak Bluegill
IN On the Banks of the
Wabash, Far Away
Tulip tree
IA Song of Iowa Tulip tree
KS Home on the Range Cottonwood
KY My Old Kentucky Home Tulip poplar
LA Give Me Louisiana
You Are My Sunshine
Bald cypress
ME State of Maine Song White pine tree Landlocked salmon
MD Maryland! My Maryland! White oak Rockfish
MA All Hail To Massachusetts American elm
MI Michigan, My Michigan White pine Trout & Brook trout
MN Hail Minnesota Red (or
Norway Pine)
Walleye
MS Go, Mississippi Magnolia Largemouth or black bass
MO Missouri Waltz Flowering dogwood
MT Montana Ponderosa pine
NE Beautiful Nebraska Cottonwood
NV Home Means Nevada Single-leaf pinion
& Bristlecone Pine
Lahontan Cutthroat Trout
NH Old New Hampshire
New Hampshire, My
New Hampshire
White birch
NJ Red oak Brook trout
NM Fair New Mexico Pinon Cutthroat trout
NY I Love New York Sugar maple Brook trout
NC The Old North State Pine
ND North Dakota Hymn American elm Northern Pike
OH Beautiful Ohio Buckeye
OK Oklahoma Redbud White or Sand Bass
OR Oregon, My Oregon Douglas fir Chinook salmon
PA Pennsylvania Hemlock
RI Rhode Island Red Maple
SC Carolina Palmetto tree
SD Hail! South Dakota Black Hills
spruce
Walleye
TN Tennessee Waltz
My Homeland Tennessee
When It’s Iris Time in
Tennessee
My Tennessee Rocky Top
Tennessee
Tulip poplar
TX Texas, Our Texas Pecan Guadalupe bass
UT Utah, We Love Thee Blue spruce Rainbow trout
Bonneville Cutthroat Trout
VT Hail, Vermont! Sugar maple
VA Carry Me Back To
Old Virginia
Dogwood
WA Washington, My Home Western hemlock Steelhead trout
WV West Virginia,
My Home Sweet Home;
The West Virginia Hills;
This Is My West Virginia
Sugar maple
WI On Wisconsin Sugar Maple Musky (Muskellunge)
WY Wyoming Cottonwood