List of Missouri state symbols explained

The following is a list of the officially designated symbols of the U.S. state of Missouri.

State symbols

Type	Symbol	Adopted	Image
Amphibian	American bullfrog Lithobates catesbeiana	2005^[1]
Animal	Missouri mule	1995^[2]
Aquatic animal	Paddlefish Polyodon spathula	1997^[3]
Bird	Bluebird Sialia sialis	1927^[4] or 1929^[5]
Dance	Square dance	1995^[6]
Dessert	Ice cream cone	1904^[7]
Dinosaur	Hypsibema missouriensis	2004^[8]
Endangered species	Hellbender salamander Cryptobranchus alleganiensis	2019
Exercise	Jumping jacks	2014
Fish	Channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus	1997^[9]
Flower	Hawthorn (also known as "red haw" or "wild haw") Crataegus punctata	1923^[10]
Football team	Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)	2019^[11]
Fossil	Crinoid Delocrinus missouriensis	1989^[12]
Fruit tree	Pawpaw tree Asimina triloba	2019^[13]
Game bird	Bobwhite Quail Colinus virginianus^[14]	2007
Grape	Norton Vitis aestivalis	2003^[15]
Grass	Big bluestem Andropogon gerardi	2007^[16]
Historical dog	Old Drum	2017
Hockey team	St. Louis Blues (NHL)	2019^[17]
Holiday	Missouri Day (Third Wednesday in October)	1915^[18]
Horse	Missouri Fox Trotter Equus ferus caballus	2002^[19]
Insect	Honeybee Apis mellifera	1985^[20]
Invertebrate	Crayfish	2007^[21]
Mineral	Galena	1967^[22]
Motto	Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto (Latin: "Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law.")	1822^[23]
Musical instrument	Fiddle	1987^[24]
Reptile	Three-toed box turtle Terrapene carolina triunguis	2007^[25]
Rock	Mozarkite	1967^[26]
Song	"Missouri Waltz"	1949^[27]
Tartan	"Missouri Tartan"	2019^[28]
Tree	Flowering dogwood Cornus florida	1955^[29]
Tree nut	Eastern black walnut Juglans nigra	1990^[30]
Wonder dog	Jim the Wonder Dog	2017

See also

• State of Missouri
• List of Missouri-related topics
• Lists of United States state insignia

References

Web site: State Symbols of Missouri . Office of the Secretary of State, Missouri . 2009-06-03.

External links

• Missouri State Symbols and Emblems

Notes and References

1. Web site: The State Amphibian . 2013-06-25 . June 25, 2013 . Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri .
2. Web site: The State Animal. 2013-06-25 . June 25, 2013 . Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri .
3. Web site: The State Aquatic Animal. 2013-06-25 . June 25, 2013 . Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri.
4. Web site: The State Bird. 2013-06-25 . June 25, 2013 . Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri.
5. Web site: Chapter 10 . Missouri Revised Statutes . August 28, 2012 . July 10, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131030003934/http://www.moga.mo.gov/statutes/chapters/chap010.htm . October 30, 2013 . dead .
6. Web site: Missouri's American Folk Dance. 2013-06-26 . June 26, 2013 . Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri.
7. Web site: The State Dessert. 2013-06-25 . June 25, 2013 . Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri .
8. Web site: The State Dinosaur. 2013-06-25 . June 25, 2013 . Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri.
9. Web site: The State Fish. 2013-06-25 . June 25, 2013 . Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri .
10. Web site: Missouri's State Floral Emblem . 2013-06-25 . June 25, 2013 . Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri.
11. https://www.senate.mo.gov/19info/pdf-bill/intro/SCR4.pdf
12. Web site: The State Fossil . 2013-06-25 . June 25, 2013 . Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri.
13. Web site: Chapter 10: State Emblems . Official Website for the Revised Statutes of Missouri . 21 February 2021.
14. Web site: The State Game Bird. 2013-06-25 . June 25, 2013 . Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri.
15. Web site: The State Grape . 2013-06-25 . June 25, 2013 . Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri .
16. Web site: The State Grass. 2013-06-25 . June 25, 2013 . Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri .
17. Web site: 10.225. revisor.mo.gov. en. 2019-09-16.
18. Web site: Missouri Day. 2013-06-26 . June 26, 2013 . Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri.
19. Web site: The State Horse. 2013-06-25 . June 25, 2013 . Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri.
20. Web site: The State Insect. 2013-06-25 . June 25, 2013 . Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri.
21. Web site: The State Invertebrate. 2013-06-25 . June 25, 2013 . Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri.
22. Web site: Missouri's State Mineral . 2013-06-25 . June 25, 2013 . Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri.
23. Web site: The Great Seal of Missouri. 2013-06-26 . June 26, 2013 . Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri .
24. Web site: Missouri's State Musical Instrument. 2013-06-25 . June 25, 2013 . Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri.
25. Web site: The State Reptile . 2013-06-25 . June 25, 2013 . Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri.
26. Web site: Missouri's State Rock. 2013-06-25 . June 25, 2013 . Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri.
27. Web site: Missouri's State Song. 2013-06-26 . June 26, 2013 . Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri.
28. Web site: Missouri's State Tartan. 2019-11-21 . November 21, 2019 . Missouri Revisor of Statutes.
29. Web site: Missouri's State Tree. 2013-06-25 . June 25, 2013 . Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri.
30. Web site: Missouri's State Tree Nut. 2013-06-25 . June 25, 2013 . Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri.