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List of Nevada state symbols

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Location of the state of Nevada in the United States of America

This is a list of symbols of the U.S. state of Nevada. The majority of the items in the list are officially recognized symbols created by an act of the Nevada Legislature and signed into law by the governor.

Insignia

Type Symbol Year Images
Flag State seal on a blue background 1929 Nevada flag
Motto All for our country 1886
Nicknames Silver State, Battle Born State, Sagebrush State n/a
Seal The Seal of Nevada 1886 Seal of Nevada
Song Home Means Nevada 1933
Steam locomotive Nevada Northern Railway #40 2009 Nevada Northern Railway #40

Flora

Type Symbol Year
Flower Sagebrush
(Artemisia tridentata)
1917 Sagebrush
Tree Great Basin Bristlecone pine
(Pinus longaeva)
1987 Great Basin Bristlecone pine
Single-leaf Piñon
(Pinus monophylla)
1959 Single-leaf pinyon
Grass Indian ricegrass
(Eriocoma hymenoides)
1977 Indian ricegass

Fauna

Type Symbol Year Image
Bird Mountain bluebird
(Sialia currucoides)
1967 Mountain bluebird
Animal Desert bighorn sheep
(Ovis canadensis nelsoni)
1973 Desert bighorned baby
Fish Lahontan cutthroat trout
(Oncoryhnchus clarki henshawi)
1981 Cutthroat trout
Fossil Ichthyosaur
(Shonisaurus popularis)
1977 Ichthyosaur
Reptile Desert tortoise
(Gopherus agassizii)
1989 Desert tortoise
Insect
Vivid Dancer Damselfly
(Argia vivida)
2009 Vivid dancer, Argia vivida

Geology

Type Symbol Year Image
Mineral Silver 1977 Silver
Rock Sandstone 1987 Sandstone
Soil Orovada 2001

Culture

Type Symbol Year Images
Color Blue and Silver
Song Home Means Nevada 1933
Steam locomotive Nevada Northern Railway #40 2009 Nevada Northern Railway #40

See also

References

  1. ^ bristlecone pine
  2. ^ "Nevada State Fossil | Ichthyosaur".
  3. ^ "Nevada State Fossil: Ichthyosaur (Genus Shonisaurus)".
  4. ^ www.n-state.com, NSTATE, LLC. "Nevada State Insect, Vivid Dancer Damselfly, (Argia vivida) from NETSTATE.COM". www.netstate.com. Retrieved 2017-08-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "State of Nevada". nv.gov. Retrieved 2023-04-16.

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