List of Texas state symbols
Official designations and symbols

List of Texas state symbols

Section Title: Official designations and symbols
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Type	Symbol	Date designated	Image

State motto	"Friendship"	1930

State nickname	"The Lone Star State"

State flag	The Lone Star Flag	June 30, 1839	-

National seal	Seal of the Republic of Texas	January 25, 1839	-

State seal	Seal of Texas	December 29, 1845	-

Reverse of the seal	August 26, 1961	-

National coat of arms	Coat of arms of the Republic of Texas	January 25, 1839	-

State coat of arms	Coat of arms of Texas	1993	-

National guard crest	Crest of the Texas National Guard	February 18, 1924	-

State flower	Bluebonnets (Lupinus spp., namely Texas bluebonnet, L. texensis)	March 1901	-

State tree	Pecan (Carya illinoinensis)	1906	EvermanPark.JPG

State soil	Houston Black

State bird	Northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)	1927	-

State song	"Texas, Our Texas"	1929

State mammal (small)	Nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)	1927	-

State mammal (large)	Texas Longhorn	1995	-

State mammal (flying)	Mexican free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis)	1995	-

State dog	Blue Lacy	June 18, 2005	-

Sentence(s)

Blue Lacy was assigned as the "the official State Dog Breed of Texas"

final_sentence: Blue Lacy was assigned as the "the official State Dog Breed of Texas"