Economy of Tennessee - State Symbols

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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Famous quotes containing the words state and/or symbols:

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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“For all symbols are fluxional; all language is vehicular and transitive, and is good, as ferries and horses are, for conveyance, not as farms and houses are, for homestead.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)