List of Kansas state symbols
The following is a list of symbols of the U.S. state of Kansas.[1]
State symbols
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] |
- Kansas state motto: Ad astra per aspera (Latin for To the stars through difficulties)
- Kansas state nickname: Sunflower State
- United States quarter dollar - buffalo (American bison) and sunflower
See also
References
- ^ Kansas Symbols - State Symbols, Kansas Historical Society, retrieved 2019-12-06
- ^ "Seal of Kansas", kansapedia, Kansas Historical Society, March 2014, retrieved 2019-12-05
- ^ "Sunflower", kansapedia, Kansas Historical Society, April 2018, retrieved 2019-12-05
- ^ "2018 Statute Chapter 73 Article 18", State flower and floral emblem, Kansas Legislature, retrieved 2019-12-05
- ^ "State Banner", kansapedia, Kansas Historical Society, February 2016, retrieved 2019-12-05
- ^ "2018 Statute Chapter 73 Article 7", Flag and patriotic emblems, Kansas Legislature, retrieved 2019-12-05
- ^ "Kansas State Flag", kansapedia, Kansas Historical Society, September 2013, retrieved 2019-12-05
- ^ "2018 Statute Chapter 73 Article 7", Flag and patriotic emblems, Kansas Legislature, retrieved 2019-12-05
- ^ "Kansas March", kansapedia, Kansas Historical Society, September 2015, retrieved 2019-12-06
- ^ "2018 Statute Chapter 73 Article 8 Section 1", State marches, Kansas Legislature, retrieved 2019-12-06
- ^ "Western Meadowlark", kansapedia, Kansas Historical Society, July 2016, retrieved 2019-12-06
- ^ "2018 Statute Chapter 73 Article 9", State bird, Kansas Legislature, retrieved 2019-12-06
- ^ "Cottonwood tree", kansapedia, Kansas Historical Society, June 2013, retrieved 2019-12-06
- ^ "2018 Statute Chapter 73 Article 10", State tree, Kansas Legislature, retrieved 2019-12-06
- ^ "Home on the Range", kansapedia, Kansas Historical Society, December 2014, retrieved 2019-12-06
- ^ "2018 Statute Chapter 73 Article 13", State song, Kansas Legislature, retrieved 2019-12-06
- ^ "2018 Statute Chapter 73 Article 14", State animal, Kansas Legislature, retrieved 2019-12-06
- ^ "Honeybee", kansapedia, Kansas Historical Society, July 2016, retrieved 2019-12-04
- ^ "2018 Statute Chapter 73 Article 16", State Insect, Kansas Legislature, retrieved 2019-12-04
- ^ "Ornate box turtle", kansapedia, Kansas Historical Society, July 2016, retrieved 2019-12-06
- ^ "2018 Statute Chapter 73 Article 19", State reptile, Kansas Legislature, retrieved 2019-12-06
- ^ Labenz, A. Tyler, Harney Silt Loam─Kansas State Soil, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, retrieved 2019-12-04
- ^ "Here's Kansas", kansapedia, Kansas Historical Society, December 2015, retrieved 2019-12-06
- ^ "2018 Statute Chapter 73 Article 8 Section 2", State marches, Kansas Legislature, retrieved 2019-12-06
- ^ "Barred Tiger Salamander". Kansaspedia. Kansas Historical Society. July 2011.
- ^ "Little Bluestem", kansapedia, Kansas Historical Society, July 2016, retrieved 2019-12-05
- ^ "2018 Statute Chapter 73 Article 16", State Insect, Kansas Legislature, retrieved 2019-12-05
- ^ a b State Fossils, February 2017, retrieved 2019-12-05
- ^ "2018 Statute Chapter 73 Article 33", State marine fossil, Kansas Legislature, retrieved 2019-12-05
- ^ "2018 Statute Chapter 73 Article 34", State flying fossil, Kansas Legislature, retrieved 2019-12-05
- ^ "2018 Statute Chapter 73 Article 37", Official state rock, Kansas Legislature, retrieved 2019-12-05
- ^ "2018 Statute Chapter 73 Article 38", Official state mineral, Kansas Legislature, retrieved 2019-12-05
- ^ "2018 Statute Chapter 73 Article 39", Official state gemstone, Kansas Legislature, retrieved 2019-12-05
- ^ "2018 Statute Chapter 73 Article 40", Official state fish, Kansas Legislature, retrieved 2019-12-06
- ^ a b "SB 70", 2019-2020 Legislative Sessions, Kansas Legislature, retrieved 2019-12-06
- ^ Sandhill plum officially named Kansas state fruit, retrieved 2022-04-12
- ^ Kansas designates Silvisaurus condrayi the official state land fossil, retrieved 2024-02-17
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