The following is a list of the officially designated symbols of the U.S. state of Missouri.
Type | Symbol | Adopted | Image |
---|---|---|---|
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 | Kansas City Chiefs ( NFL) | 2019 [12] | |
Fossil |
Crinoid Delocrinus missouriensis |
1989 [1] [13] | |
Fruit tree |
Pawpaw tree Asimina triloba |
2019 [9] | |
Game bird |
Bobwhite Quail Colinus virginianus [14] |
2007 [1] | |
Grape |
Norton Vitis aestivalis |
2003 [1] [15] | |
Grass |
Big bluestem Andropogon gerardi |
2007 [1] [16] | |
Historical dog | Old Drum | 2017 [9] | |
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 [1] [19] | |
Insect |
Honeybee Apis mellifera |
1985 [1] [20] | |
Invertebrate |
Crayfish |
2007 [1] [21] | |
Mineral | Galena | 1967 [1] [22] | |
Motto | Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto ( Latin: "Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law.") |
1822 [23] | |
Musical instrument | Fiddle | 1987 [1] [24] | |
Reptile |
Three-toed box turtle Terrapene carolina triunguis |
2007 [1] [25] | |
Rock | Mozarkite | 1967 [1] [26] | |
Song | " Missouri Waltz" | 1949 [1] [27] | |
Tartan | " Missouri Tartan" | 2019 [1] [28] | |
Tree |
Flowering dogwood Cornus florida |
1955 [1] [29] | |
Tree nut |
Eastern black walnut Juglans nigra |
1990 [1] [30] | |
Wonder dog | Jim the Wonder Dog | 2017 [9] |
"State Symbols of Missouri". Office of the Secretary of State, Missouri. Retrieved 2009-06-03.
The following is a list of the officially designated symbols of the U.S. state of Missouri.
Type | Symbol | Adopted | Image |
---|---|---|---|
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 | Kansas City Chiefs ( NFL) | 2019 [12] | |
Fossil |
Crinoid Delocrinus missouriensis |
1989 [1] [13] | |
Fruit tree |
Pawpaw tree Asimina triloba |
2019 [9] | |
Game bird |
Bobwhite Quail Colinus virginianus [14] |
2007 [1] | |
Grape |
Norton Vitis aestivalis |
2003 [1] [15] | |
Grass |
Big bluestem Andropogon gerardi |
2007 [1] [16] | |
Historical dog | Old Drum | 2017 [9] | |
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 [1] [19] | |
Insect |
Honeybee Apis mellifera |
1985 [1] [20] | |
Invertebrate |
Crayfish |
2007 [1] [21] | |
Mineral | Galena | 1967 [1] [22] | |
Motto | Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto ( Latin: "Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law.") |
1822 [23] | |
Musical instrument | Fiddle | 1987 [1] [24] | |
Reptile |
Three-toed box turtle Terrapene carolina triunguis |
2007 [1] [25] | |
Rock | Mozarkite | 1967 [1] [26] | |
Song | " Missouri Waltz" | 1949 [1] [27] | |
Tartan | " Missouri Tartan" | 2019 [1] [28] | |
Tree |
Flowering dogwood Cornus florida |
1955 [1] [29] | |
Tree nut |
Eastern black walnut Juglans nigra |
1990 [1] [30] | |
Wonder dog | Jim the Wonder Dog | 2017 [9] |
"State Symbols of Missouri". Office of the Secretary of State, Missouri. Retrieved 2009-06-03.