The following is a list of symbols of the U.S. state of Kansas. [1]
Type | Symbol | Year and references |
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Kansas state seal | Great Seal of the State of Kansas | 1861 [2] |
Kansas state flower and floral emblem | Wild native sunflower ( Helianthus) | 1903 [3] [4] |
Kansas state banner | Kansas state banner | 1925 [5] [6] |
Kansas state flag | Flag of the State of Kansas | 1927 (revised 1961, 1963) [7] [8] |
Kansas state march | "The Kansas March" | 1935 [9] [10] |
Kansas state bird | Western meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) | 1937 [11] [12] |
Kansas state tree | Cottonwood ( Populus deltoides) | 1937 [13] [14] |
Kansas state song | " Home on the Range" | 1947 [15] [16] |
Kansas state animal | American buffalo (Bison americanus) | 1955 [17] |
Kansas state insect | Honeybee | 1976 [18] [19] |
Kansas state reptile | Ornate box turtle ( Terrapene ornata) | 1986 [20] [21] |
Kansas state soil | Harney silt loam | 1990 [22] |
Kansas state march | "Here's Kansas" | 1992 [23] [24] |
Kansas state amphibian | Barred tiger salamander (Ambystoma mavortium) | 1994 [25] |
Kansas state grass | Little bluestem ( Schizachyrium scoparium) | 2010 [26] [27] |
Kansas marine fossil | Tylosaurus | 2014 [28] [29] |
Kansas flying fossil | Pteranodon | 2014 [28] [30] |
Kansas state rock | Greenhorn Limestone | 2018 [31] |
Kansas state mineral | Galena | 2018 [32] |
Kansas state gemstone | Jelinite | 2018 [33] |
Kansas state fish | Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) | 2018 [34] |
Kansas state red wine grape | Chambourcin | 2019 [35] |
Kansas state white wine grape | Vignoles | 2019 [35] |
Kansas state fruit | Sandhill plum | 2022 [36] |
Kansas land fossil | Silvisaurus condrayi | 2023 [37] |
The following is a list of symbols of the U.S. state of Kansas. [1]
Type | Symbol | Year and references |
---|---|---|
Kansas state seal | Great Seal of the State of Kansas | 1861 [2] |
Kansas state flower and floral emblem | Wild native sunflower ( Helianthus) | 1903 [3] [4] |
Kansas state banner | Kansas state banner | 1925 [5] [6] |
Kansas state flag | Flag of the State of Kansas | 1927 (revised 1961, 1963) [7] [8] |
Kansas state march | "The Kansas March" | 1935 [9] [10] |
Kansas state bird | Western meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) | 1937 [11] [12] |
Kansas state tree | Cottonwood ( Populus deltoides) | 1937 [13] [14] |
Kansas state song | " Home on the Range" | 1947 [15] [16] |
Kansas state animal | American buffalo (Bison americanus) | 1955 [17] |
Kansas state insect | Honeybee | 1976 [18] [19] |
Kansas state reptile | Ornate box turtle ( Terrapene ornata) | 1986 [20] [21] |
Kansas state soil | Harney silt loam | 1990 [22] |
Kansas state march | "Here's Kansas" | 1992 [23] [24] |
Kansas state amphibian | Barred tiger salamander (Ambystoma mavortium) | 1994 [25] |
Kansas state grass | Little bluestem ( Schizachyrium scoparium) | 2010 [26] [27] |
Kansas marine fossil | Tylosaurus | 2014 [28] [29] |
Kansas flying fossil | Pteranodon | 2014 [28] [30] |
Kansas state rock | Greenhorn Limestone | 2018 [31] |
Kansas state mineral | Galena | 2018 [32] |
Kansas state gemstone | Jelinite | 2018 [33] |
Kansas state fish | Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) | 2018 [34] |
Kansas state red wine grape | Chambourcin | 2019 [35] |
Kansas state white wine grape | Vignoles | 2019 [35] |
Kansas state fruit | Sandhill plum | 2022 [36] |
Kansas land fossil | Silvisaurus condrayi | 2023 [37] |