The Official Dog of Texas, Plus More Than 70 Other State Symbols

Ask a native Texan what the official state bird of Texas is, and you'll more often than not get the correct answer of a mockingbird.  The same holds true for the state tree (pecan) or the official state nickname (Lone Star State).  But, until I logged onto a government site listing the numerous 'state symbols' of Texas, I never knew that we had a state snack or a state water lily.

Here's a list of the more than 70 state designations for the Lone Star State:

• Air Force - Commemorative Air Force
• Amphibian - Texas Toad
• Aquarium - Texas State Aquarium
• Bird - Mockingbird
• Bison herd - Texas State Bison Herd at Caprock Canyons State Park
• Bluebonnet City - Ennis
• Bluebonnet Festival - Chappell Hill Bluebonnet Festival
• Bluebonnet trail - Ennis
• Bread - Pan de Campo
• Cobbler - Peach Cobbler
• Cooking Implement - Cast Iron Dutch Oven
• Crustacean - Texas Gulf Shrimp
• Dinosaur - Paluxysaurus Jonesi 
• Dish - Chili
• Dog Breed - Blue Lacy
• Domino Game - 42
• Epic Poem - Legend of Old Stone Ranch
• Fiber and Fabric - Cotton
• Fish - Guadalupe Bass
• Flower - Bluebonnet
• Flower song - "Bluebonnets"
• Folk dance - Square Dance
• Footwear - Cowboy Boot
• Fruit - Texas Red Grapefruit
• Garden, Botanical - Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
• Gem - Texas Blue Topaz
• Gemstone cut - Lone Star Cut
• Grass - Sideoats Grama
• Handgun - 1847 Colt Walker Pistol
• Hashtag - #Texas
• Hashtag of Texas Tourism - #TexasToDo
• Hashtag of the Texas Legislature - #txlege
• Hat - Cowboy Hat
• Health nut - Pecan
• Horse - American Quarter Horse
• Insect - Monarch Butterfly
• Knife - Bowie Knife
• Longhorn Herd - Foundation Herd of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
• Mammal, flying - Mexican Free-Tailed Bat
• Mammal, large - Longhorn
• Mammal, small - Armadillo
• Maritime Museum - Texas Maritime Museum
• Motto - "Friendship"
• Mushroom - Texas Star Mushroom
• Music - Western Swing
• Musical Instrument - Guitar
• Native Pepper - Chiltepin
• Native Shrub - Texas Purple Sage
• Nickname - "The Lone Star State"
• Pastries - Sopaipilla; strudel
• Pepper - Jalapeno
• Pie - Pecan Pie
• Plant - Prickly Pear Cactus
• Plays - The Lone Star; Texas; Beyond the Sundown; Fandangle
• Pollinator - Western Honey Bee
• Precious Metal - Silver
• Railroad - Texas State Railroad
• Reptile - Texas Horned Lizard
• Rodeo Drill Team - Ghostriders
• Saltwater fish - Red Drum
• Sea Turtle - Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle
• Shell - Lightning Whelk
• Ship - U.S.S. Texas
• Shrub - Crape Myrtle
• Snack - Tortilla Chips and Salsa
• Song - "Texas, Our Texas"
• Sport - Rodeo
• Squash - Pumpkin
• Stone - Petrified Palmwood
• Tall Ship - Elissa
• Tartan - Texas Bluebonnet
• 10K - Texas Round-Up 10K
• Tree - Pecan
• Vegetable - Sweet Onion
• Vehicle - Chuck Wagon
• Waterlily - Nymphaea Texas Dawn