NICKNAME | FLOWER | BIRD | |
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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 | |
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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 |