Replica of the Continental sailing vessel known as "Providence"
Flower
Violet (Viola sororia)
Fruit
Rhode Island Greening (Apple)
March
Rhode Island words and music by T. Clark Brown - Adopted as State Song. Re-designated State "March" when "Rhode Island's It For Me" replaced it as State Song.
Mineral
Bowenite
Rock
Cumberlandite
Shell
Quahaug (Mercenaria mercenaria)
Song
Rhode Island's It For Me lyrics by Charlie Hall, music by Maria Day, arranged by Kathryn Chester Replaced "Rhode Island", words and music by T. Clark Brown, as state song.
Tartan
(a) The St. Andrews Society of RI, Inc. is authorized to create, authenticate and register, at the sole expense of the society, the official tartan of the state, to be called "the state of Rhode Island tartan". (b) For the purposes of this section, "tartan" means any of many textile patterns consisting of stripes of varying widths and colors crossed at right angles against a solid background, each forming a distinctive design worn by the members of a Scottish clan.
Tree
Red Maple (Acer rubrum) Virginia Tech Athenic Systems
