List of Illinois state symbols
State symbols

List of Illinois state symbols

Section Title: State symbols
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Type	Symbol	Image	Law	Year adopted

Amphibian	Eastern tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum)	-	2005

Bird	Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)	-	1928

Butterfly	Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)	-	1975

Folk dance	Square dance	1990

Fish	Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus)	Lepomis macrochirus UMFS 2014 2.JPG	1986

Flower	Violet (Viola sororia)	Purple violet	1908

Snack food	Popcorn (Zea mays averta)	2004

Fruit	Gold Rush Apple (Malus domestica)	-	2007

Fossil	Tully monster (Tullimonstrum gregarium)	1991

Prairie grass	Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)	-	1989

Grain	Corn	2018

Animal	White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)	-	1980

Mineral	Fluorite (Calcium fluoride)	-	1965

Motto	State sovereignty, national union

Nickname	Land of Lincoln (official) Prairie State The Corn State Garden of the West

Reptile	Painted turtle (Chrysemys picta)	-	2005

Slogans	Mile After Magnificent Mile Right Here. Right Now.

Soil	Drummer silty clay loam (mesic Typic Endoaquoll)	2001

Song	"Illinois"	1925

Tree	White oak (Quercus alba)	-	1972

Sentence(s)

The northern cardinal is the state bird of Illinois.

final_sentence: The northern cardinal is the state bird of Illinois.