STATE OF TEXAS SYMBOLS
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State Tree - Pecan, adopted in 1919
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State Flower - Bluebonnet, adopted
in 1901
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State Bird - Mockingbird, adopted
in 1927
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State Motto - Friendship, adopted in 1930
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State Insect - Monarch Butterfly
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State Stone - Petrified palmwood, adopted in 1969
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State Gem - Texas blue topaz,
adopted in 1969
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State Grass - Sideoats grama, adopted in 1971
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State Dish - Chili, adopted in 1977
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State Fish - Guadalupe bass, adopted in 1989
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State Folk Dance - Square dance, adopted in 1991
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State Fruit - Texas red grapefruit, adopted in 1993
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State Seashell - Lightning whelk, adopted in 1987
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State Song - Texas, Our Texas,
adopted in 1929
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Unofficial State Song - The Eyes of Texas are Upon You".
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