List of Texas state symbols

Location of the state of Texas in the United States of America

The following is a list of symbols of the U.S. state of Texas.

Official designations and symbols[]

Type	Symbol	Date designated	Image
Motto	"Friendship"	1930 [1]
Nickname	"The Lone Star State"[2]
Flag	The Lone Star Flag	June 30, 1839
National seal	Seal of the Republic of Texas	January 25, 1839
State seal	Seal of Texas	December 29, 1845
Reverse of the seal		August 26, 1961
National coat of arms	Coat of arms of the Republic of Texas	January 25, 1839
State coat of arms	Coat of arms of Texas	1993
National guard crest	Crest of the Texas National Guard	February 18, 1924
Flower	Bluebonnets (Lupinus spp., namely Texas bluebonnet, L. texensis)	March 1901[3]
Tree	Pecan (Carya illinoinensis)	1906
Soil	Houston Black
Bird	Northern Mockingbird	1927[4]
Song	"Texas, Our Texas"	1929
Mammal (small)	Nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)	1927
Mammal (large)	Texas Longhorn	1995
Mammal (flying)	Mexican free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis)	1995
Dog	Blue Lacy	June 18, 2005

Other official designations[]

Texas centennial half dollar commemorative

Texas quarter reverse

Type	Symbol	Date Designated	Image
Air force	Commemorative Air Force
Bread	Pan de campo
Cooking implement	Dutch oven
Dinosaur	Sauroposeidon
Dish	Chili	1977
Domino game	Texas 42, a four-player domino game with bidding and trumps
Fiber and fabric	Cotton	1997[5]
Fish	Guadalupe bass (Micropterus treculii)	1989
Flower song	Bluebonnets	1933[6]
Folk dance	Square dance	1991
Fruit	Texas red grapefruit	1993
Gem	Texas blue topaz	1969
Gemstone cut	Lone Star Cut[7]
Grass	Sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula)	1971
Handgun	Colt Walker	2021
Insect	Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)	1995
Molecule	Buckyball or Buckminsterfullerene, C60
Music	Western swing
Musical instrument	Acoustic guitar
Nut	Native Pecan	1919
Pepper (native)	Chiltepin (Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum)
Pepper (other)	Jalapeño	1995
Plant	Prickly pear cactus	1995
Play	Fort Griffin Fandangle, The Lone Star, Texas, Beyond Sundown
Reptile	Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum), commonly called the horny toad or horned frog.	1993
Shell	Lightning whelk (Sinistrofulgur perversum pulleyi)	1987
Ship	The battleship USS Texas (BB-35)
Shrub	Crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)
Shrub (native)	Texas sage (Leucophyllum frutescens)
Slogan	"The Friendly State"	1930
Snack	Tortilla chips and salsa	1995
Sport	Rodeo	1997 [5]
Stone	Petrified palmwood
Tartan	Texas Bluebonnet Tartan	May 25, 1989
Pastry	Strudel and sopaipilla	2003-2005
Vegetable	Texas sweet onion	1997

Pledge to the Texas flag[]

A pledge of allegiance to the Texas flag was established in 1933.^{[citation needed]}

Honor the Texas flag;
I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas,
one state under God,
one and indivisible.^[8]

Ships[]

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:

• CSS Texas
• USS Texas (1892)
• USS Texas (BB-35)
• USS Texas (DLGN/CGN-39)
• USS Texas (SSN-775)

See also[]

• Outline of Texas
• List of U.S. state, district, and territorial insignia

References[]

External links[]

• "Texas State Symbols". About Texas. Texas State Library and Archives Commission. 2006-11-14. Retrieved 2007-02-01.
• "Texas House Resolution 84". 42 - The Official State Domino Game of Texas. 2011-06-17. Retrieved 2011-06-17.