List of Indiana state symbols
Species

List of Indiana state symbols

Section Title: Species
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Type	Symbol	Description	Year	Image	Note

Bird	Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis	The male cardinal is bright red and the female is brown and dull red. They live in Indiana year-round.	1933	Cardinal

Flower	Peony Paeonia	The peony is a red, pink, or white flower that blooms in late May. It is grown throughout Indiana.	1957	Peony

Insects	Say's Firefly Pyractomena angulata	The males of this flying beetle species produce amber flashes of light at night to attract mates. It is named for New Harmony, Indiana naturalist Thomas Say.	March 23, 2018	A lightning bug on a leaf

Tree	Tulip tree Liriodendron tulipifera	The tulip tree is also called the yellow poplar. It has a distinctive leaf shape and yellow, bell-shaped flowers.	March 3, 1931	Tulip tree

Sentence(s)

The cardinal is the state bird of Indiana.

final_sentence: The cardinal is the state bird of Indiana.