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

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Type	Symbol	Adopted
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	1904^[1]^[7]
Dinosaur	Hypsibema missouriensis	2004^[1]^[8]
Endangered species	Hellbender salamander Cryptobranchus alleganiensis	2019^[9]
Exercise	Jumping jacks	2014^[9]
Fish	Channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus	1997^[1]^[10]
Flower	Hawthorn (also known as "red haw" or "wild haw")^[1] Crataegus punctata	1923^[11]
Football team	St. Louis Battlehawks (UFL)	2026
Fossil	Crinoid Delocrinus missouriensis	1989^[1]^[12]
Fruit tree	Pawpaw tree Asimina triloba	2019^[9]
Game bird	Bobwhite Quail Colinus virginianus^[13]	2007^[1]
Grape	Norton Vitis aestivalis	2003^[1]^[14]
Grass	Big bluestem Andropogon gerardi	2007^[1]^[15]
Historical dog	Old Drum	2017^[9]
Hockey team	St. Louis Blues (NHL)	2019^[16]
Holiday	Missouri Day (Third Wednesday in October)	1915^[17]
Horse	Missouri Fox Trotter Equus ferus caballus	2002^[1]^[18]
Insect	Honeybee Apis mellifera	1985^[1]^[19]
Invertebrate	Crayfish	2007^[1]^[20]
Mineral	Galena	1967^[1]^[21]
Motto	Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto (Latin: "Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law.")	1822^[22]
Musical instrument	Fiddle	1987^[1]^[23]
Reptile	Three-toed box turtle Terrapene carolina triunguis	2007^[1]^[24]
Rock	Mozarkite	1967^[1]^[25]
Song	"Missouri Waltz"	1949^[1]^[26]
Tartan	"Missouri Tartan"	2019^[1]^[27]
Tree	Flowering dogwood Cornus florida	1955^[1]^[28]
Tree nut	Eastern black walnut Juglans nigra	1990^[1]^[29]
Wonder dog	Jim the Wonder Dog	2017^[9]

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]
"Chapter 10: State Emblems". Official Website for the Revised Statutes of Missouri. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
[10]
"The State Fish". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
[11]
"Missouri's State Floral Emblem". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
[12]
"The State Fossil". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
[13]
"The State Game Bird". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
[14]
"The State Grape". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
[15]
"The State Grass". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
[16]
"10.225". revisor.mo.gov. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
[17]
"Missouri Day". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 26, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
[18]
"The State Horse". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
[19]
"The State Insect". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
[20]
"The State Invertebrate". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
[21]
"Missouri's State Mineral". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
[22]
"The Great Seal of Missouri". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 26, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
[23]
"Missouri's State Musical Instrument". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
[24]
"The State Reptile". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
[25]
"Missouri's State Rock". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
[26]
"Missouri's State Song". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 26, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
[27]
"Missouri's State Tartan". Missouri Revisor of Statutes. November 21, 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
[28]
"Missouri's State Tree". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
[29]
"Missouri's State Tree Nut". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.

List of Missouri state symbols

State symbols

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