General Store . National Parks . . A t first glance, Pennsylvania's state symbols might seem a little boring. It shares its state flower with Connecticut, its state insect with Tennessee.
Several states share Pennsylvania's state fish, the brook trout.
Pennsylvania's state animal, the whitetail deer, is even more redundant, representing states from New England to the South and west to Nebraska. Pennsylvania is one of three states that adopted a trilobite as state fossil. But a closer look reveals some differences about Pennsylvania's symbols. So perhaps it's not surprising that Pennsylvania defied tradition and adopted a state tree before its state flower. And the eastern hemlock is Pennsylvania's state tree alone.