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Designation<\/b><\/td>\nSymbol \/ Emblem<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
California State Animal<\/td>\nCalifornia Grizzly Bear (Ursus californicus) Bear in Mind: The California Grizzly at The Bancroft Library<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
California State Bird<\/td>\nCalifornia Valley Quail (Lophortyx californica)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
California State Colors<\/td>\nBlue and Gold<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
California State Dance<\/td>\nWest Coast Swing Dance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
California State Fife and Drum Band<\/td>\nCalifornia Consolidated Drum Band<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
California State Fish<\/td>\nCalifornia Golden Trout (Salmo agua-bonita)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Flag<\/td>\nFlag of California.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
California State Flower<\/td>\nGolden Poppy (Eschsholtzia)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
California State Folk Dance<\/td>\nSquare Dance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
California State Fossil<\/td>\nSabre-Toothed Cat (Smilodon californicus) California Geological Survey*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
California State Gemstone<\/td>\nBlue Diamond (Benitoite) California Geological Survey*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
California State Gold<\/td>\nRush<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
California State Ghost Town<\/td>\nBodie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
California State Grass<\/td>\nPurple Needlegrass (Nassella pulchra)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
California State Historical Society<\/td>\nCalifornia Historical Society<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
California State Insect<\/td>\nCalifornia Dogface Butterfly (Zerene eurydice)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
California State Marine Fish<\/td>\nGaribaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
California State Marine Mammal<\/td>\nCalifornia Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
California State Military Museum<\/td>\nCalifornia State Military Museum and Resource Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
California State Mineral Mineralogic Emblem<\/td>\nGold California Geological Survey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
California State Prehistoric artifact<\/td>\nChipped Stone Bear<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
California State Reptile<\/td>\nDesert Tortoise (Gopherus agasizzi)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
California State Rock Lithologic Emblem<\/td>\nSerpentine California Geological Survey*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
California State Soil<\/td>\nSan Joaquin Soil<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
California State Song<\/td>\nI Love You, California lyrics by F.B. Silverwood and music by A.F. Frankenstein, published 1913<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
California State Tartan<\/td>\nPattern and colors based on the family tartan of John Muir, naturalist, explorer and conservationist. ( More )<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
California State Tall Ship<\/td>\nCalifornian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
California State Theater<\/td>\nPasadena Playhouse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
California State Tree<\/td>\nCalifornia 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.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

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