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Location of the State of California in the United States of America

This is a list of the officially designated symbols of the U.S. State of California.

State symbols

The Flag of California

The Great Seal of the State of California

• Beverage: Wine
• Bird: California Quail (Callipepla californica)
• Colors: Blue, which represents the sky and Gold, which represents the color of the precious metal found by forty-niners in the state's hills.
• Dance: West Coast Swing
• Fife and drum corps: California Consolidated Drum Band
• Fish: Golden trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita) (fresh water), Garibaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus) (salt water)
• Flags:
  • Flag of California (since 1911)
  • Flag of the California Republic (1846)
• Flower: California poppy (Eschsholzia californica)
• Folk dance: Square Dance
• Fossil: Saber-toothed cat (Smilodon californicus)
• Gemstone: Benitoite
• Gold Rush Ghost Town: Bodie
• Grass: Purple Needlegrass (Nassella pulchra)
• Historical Society: California Historical Society
• Insect: California dogface butterfly (Colias eurydice)
• License plate: "White with "California" in a red script across the top."
• Mammal: Grizzly bear (Ursus californicus)
• Marine mammal: Gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus)
• Military Museum: California State Military Museum
• Mineral: Gold
• Motto: Eureka
• Nicknames: Golden State (official), El Dorado State, Golden West, Grape State, Land of Milk and Honey, Land of Fruits and Nuts (derisive), Entertainment State, Land of the Fires, Movie State
• Poet Laureate: Carol Muske-Dukes
• Prehistoric artifact: Chipped stone bear
• Reptile: Desert tortoise (gopherus agassizi)
• Rock: Serpentine
• Seal: The Seal of California: "The seal features Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom; a California grizzly bear (the official state animal) feeding on grape vines, representing California wine production; a sheaf of grain, representing agriculture; a miner, representing the California Gold Rush and the mining industry; sailing ships, representing the state's economic power; and San Francisco Bay or the Sacramento River. The phrase "Eureka," meaning "I have found it!" is the California state motto."
• Silver Rush Ghost Town: Calico
• Slogan: Find Yourself Here
• Soil: San Joaquin
• Song: I Love You, California
• Tall ship: Californian (schooner)
• Tartan: California State Tartan
• Theater: Pasadena Playhouse
• Tree: Sequoia (California redwood): Sequoiadendron giganteum (Giant Sequoia), Sequoia sempervirens (Coast Redwood)
• United States quarter dollar - California 2005:

See also

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

References

External links

• California State Symbols

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