It stands 120 feet high and is over 300 years old. The Lake Superior Agates, a quartz stone banded with red and orange iron deposit, was declared the official State Gemstone in 1969. Found primarily in red glacial drift areas of central and northeastern Minnesota, they are often polished to make jewelry. Wild rice, or manomin, staple food of Minnesota's Native Americans for centuries and now a popular gourmet item, was adopted as the official State Grain in 1977. Minnesota produces over two thirds of all the natural wild rice in the world.
Blueberries are native to northeastern Minnesota, where they grow on hillsides and in bogs.
Minnesota ranks 5th in dairy production nationwide, producing 9.7 billion pounds of milk a year. In 1984 the morel mushroom was added to Minnesota's symbolic list. The elusive mushroom, known for it's delicious flavor and distinctive honeycomb pattern, is found throughout Minnesota in the early spring of the year. Ranks 20th in population.