State Symbols
State symbols, found in Tennessee Code Annotated Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 3, include:
- State amphibian - Tennessee Cave Salamander
- State bird – Mockingbird
- State game bird – Bobwhite Quail
- State butterfly - Zebra Swallowtail
- State sport fish – Smallmouth bass
- State commercial fish – Channel catfish
- State cultivated flower – Iris
- State wild flowers – Passion Flower and Tennessee Echinacea
- State insects – Firefly and Lady beetle
- State agricultural insect – Honey bee
- State wild animal – Raccoon
- State horse – Tennessee Walking Horse
- State reptile – Eastern box turtle
- State tree – Tulip Poplar
- State evergreen tree – Eastern Red Cedar
- State beverage - Milk
- State dance - Square dance
- State fruit - Tomato
- State fossil - Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) thoracica
- State gem - Tennessee River Pearl
- State mineral - Agate
- State rock - Limestone
- State motto - Agriculture and Commerce
- State poem - "Oh Tennesssee, My Tennessee" by Admiral William Lawrence
- State slogan - Tennessee - America at its Best
- State songs - 7 songs
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