| Designation |
Symbol / Emblem |
Animal
|
California Grizzly Bear (Ursus
californicus) Bear in Mind: The California
Grizzly at The Bancroft Library |
Bird
|
California Valley Quail (Lophortyx
californica) |
| Colors |
Blue and Gold |
| Dance |
West Coast Swing Dance |
| Fife and Drum Band |
California Consolidated Drum Band |
Fish
|
California Golden Trout (Salmo
agua-bonita) |
Flag
|
Flag of California. |
Flower
|
Golden Poppy (Eschsholtzia) |
| Folk Dance |
Square Dance |
| Fossil |
Sabre-Toothed Cat (Smilodon californicus)
California Geological Survey* |
Gemstone
|
Blue Diamond (Benitoite) California
Geological Survey* |
Gold Rush Ghost Town
|
Bodie |
Grass
|
Purple Needlegrass (Nassella pulchra) |
| Historical Society |
California Historical Society |
Insect
|
California Dogface Butterfly (Zerene
eurydice) |
Marine Fish
|
Garibaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus) |
Marine Mammal
|
California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius
robustus) |
| Military Museum |
California State Military Museum and
Resource Center |
| Mineral & Mineralogic Emblem |
Gold California Geological Survey |
| Prehistoric artifact |
Chipped Stone Bear |
Reptile
|
Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agasizzi) |
| Rock & Lithologic Emblem |
Serpentine California Geological
Survey* |
Quarter
|
 |
| Seal |
 |
| Soil |
San Joaquin Soil |
| Song |
I Love You, California lyrics by F.B.
Silverwood and music by A.F. Frankenstein,
published 1913 |
| Tartan |
Pattern and colors based on the family
tartan of John Muir, naturalist, explorer
and conservationist. ( More ) |
| Tall Ship |
Californian |
| Theater |
Pasadena Playhouse |
Tree
|
California Redwood (Coast Redwood:
Sequoia sempervirens) and (Giant Sequoia:
Sequoia gigantea). The name, Sequoia
gigantea was given to the Giant Sequoia by
Joseph Decaisne in 1854. Though adopted, by
the California legislature as Sequoia
gigantea, the Giant Sequoia was more
correctly identified as Sequoiadendron
giganteum by John T. Buchholz in 1939.
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California State Symbols - Emblems