| 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 $amp; Mineralogic Emblem |
Gold California Geological Survey |
| Prehistoric artifact |
Chipped Stone Bear |
| Reptile |
Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agasizzi) |
| Rock $amp; Lithologic Emblem |
Serpentine California Geological Survey* |
| 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. NETSTATE thanks to J. Jenneskens for bringing this to our attention. |
