The following is a list of officially designated symbols of the U.S. state of North Dakota.
State symbols
These symbols are defined in Title 54 of the North Dakota Century Code and appear in the North Dakota Blue Book:
State bird: Western meadowlark, Sturnella neglecta
State fish: Northern pike, Esox lucius
Honorary equine: Nokota horse
State flower: Wild prairie rose, Rosa arkansana
State tree: American elm, Ulmus americana
State fossil: Teredo petrified wood
State grass: Western wheatgrass, Pascopyrum smithii (formerly Agropyron smithii)
State nicknames: Roughrider State, Flickertail State, Peace Garden State
State mottos:
:Motto: Liberty and Union Now and Forever, One and Inseparable
:Latin motto: ()
State song: "North Dakota Hymn"
State dance: Square dance
State sport: Curling
State fruit: Chokecherry, Prunus virginiana
State march: "Flickertail March"
State beverage: Milk
State insect: Convergent lady beetle (ladybug), Hippodamia convergens
State seal: The Great Seal of North Dakota: "A tree in the open field, the trunk of which is surrounded by three bundles of wheat; on the right a plow, anvil and sledge; on the left, a bow crossed with three arrows, and an Indian on horseback pursuing a buffalo toward the setting sun; the foliage of the tree arched by a half circle of forty-two stars, surrounded by the motto "Liberty and Union Now and Forever, One and Inseparable"; the words Great Seal at the top; the words State of North Dakota at the bottom; October 1 on the left and 1889 on the right."
State coat of arms:
:"Device: On an Indian arrowhead point to base or a bend vert charged with three mullets of the first, in base a fleur-de-lis of the second.
:Crest: On a wreath or and azure, a sheaf of three arrows argent armed and flighted gules behind a stringed bow fessways or with grip of the second (gules)."
State waltz: "Dancing Dakota"
State vegetable: Rhubarb
State rock: Knife River flint
State tourism brand: "Be Legendary"
State art museum: North Dakota Museum of Art
State railroad museum: North Dakota State Railroad Museum, Mandan, North Dakota
See also
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