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| Designation | Symbol / Emblem |
| California State Animal | California Grizzly Bear (Ursus californicus) Bear in Mind: The California Grizzly at The Bancroft Library |
| California State Bird | California Valley Quail (Lophortyx californica) |
| California State Colors | Blue and Gold |
| California State Dance | West Coast Swing Dance |
| California State Fife and Drum Band | California Consolidated Drum Band |
| California State Fish | California Golden Trout (Salmo agua-bonita) |
| Flag | Flag of California. |
| California State Flower | Golden Poppy (Eschsholtzia) |
| California State Folk Dance | Square Dance |
| California State Fossil | Sabre-Toothed Cat (Smilodon californicus) California Geological Survey* |
| California State Gemstone | Blue Diamond (Benitoite) California Geological Survey* |
| California State Gold | Rush |
| California State Ghost Town | Bodie |
| California State Grass | Purple Needlegrass (Nassella pulchra) |
| California State Historical Society | California Historical Society |
| California State Insect | California Dogface Butterfly (Zerene eurydice) |
| California State Marine Fish | Garibaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus) |
| California State Marine Mammal | California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) |
| California State Military Museum | California State Military Museum and Resource Center |
| California State Mineral Mineralogic Emblem | Gold California Geological Survey |
| California State Prehistoric artifact | Chipped Stone Bear |
| California State Reptile | Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agasizzi) |
| California State Rock Lithologic Emblem | Serpentine California Geological Survey* |
| California State Soil | San Joaquin Soil |
| California State Song | I Love You, California lyrics by F.B. Silverwood and music by A.F. Frankenstein, published 1913 |
| California State Tartan | Pattern and colors based on the family tartan of John Muir, naturalist, explorer and conservationist. ( More ) |
| California State Tall Ship | Californian |
| California State Theater | Pasadena Playhouse |
| California State Tree | California 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. |
