List of Texas state symbols
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State symbols of the U.S. state of Texas:
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[edit] Official designations and symbols[1]
- state flower — bluebonnets (Lupinus spp., namely Texas Bluebonnet, L. texensis)
- state motto — "Friendship"
- state nickname — The Lone Star State (after the single star on several historical flags of Texas and the current Texas flag;[2] also The Friendship State
- state tree — the pecan
- state soil — Houston Black
- state bird — the mockingbird
- official state song — Texas Our Texas
- state mammals (three)
- small — armadillo
- large — Texas longhorn
- flying — Mexican free-tailed bat
[edit] Other official designations
Image:Texas centennial half dollar commemorative obverse.jpg
Texas centennial half dollar commemorative.
- state air force — Commemorative Air Force
- state cooking implement — Dutch oven
- state dinosaur — the Brachiosaur Sauropod, Pleurocoelus
- state dish — chili con carne
- state fiber and fabric — cotton
- state fish — Guadalupe bass
- state folk dance — square dance
- state fruit — Texas red grapefruit
- state gem — Texas blue topaz
- state gemstone cut — The Lone Star Cut[3]
- state grass — Sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula)
- state insect — monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
- state molecule — buckyball
- musical instrument — guitar
- state peppers (two)
- state plant — prickly pear cactus
- state reptile — Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum), commonly called the "horny toad"
- state shell — lightning whelk (Busycon perversum pulleyi)
- state ship — the Battleship USS Texas (BB-35)
- state shrub — crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)
- state native shrub — Texas purple sage (Leucophyllum frutescens))
- state slogan — "It's like a whole other country"
- state snack — tortilla chips and salsa
- state sport — rodeo
- state stone — petrified palmwood
- state tartan — Texas Bluebonnet Tartan
- state vegetable — Texas sweet onion
[edit] Pledge to the Texas Flag
- Further information: Flag of Texas
Words to the pledge:
- Honor the Texas Flag;
- I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas,
- one state under God,[4]
- one and indivisible.
[edit] Ships
Image:USS Texas 1.jpg
USS Texas (BB-35), the oldest remaining dreadnought.
Four ships of the United States Navy and one in the Confederate States Navy have borne the name Texas:
[edit] References
- ^ Texas State Library. Retrieved on 11, 2006. Retrieved on 07, 2006.
- ^ 50states.com list of State Nicknames
- ^ State History Guide Texas Symbols, Gemstone Cut: Lone Star Cut
- ^ Texas State Library Flag Pledge, Texas State Library
- Texas State Symbols. About Texas. Texas State Library and Archives Commission (2006-11-14). Retrieved on 2007-02-01.
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