List of Texas symbols

[edit] Ships

Four ships of the United States Navy and one in the Confederate States Navy have borne the name Texas:

The Texas bluebonnet

state flower — the bluebonnet (Lupinus texensis)
state motto — "Friendship"
state nickname — The Lone Star State (after the single star on several historical flags of Texas and the current Texas flag;^[2] also The Friendship State
state tree — the pecan
state soil — Houston Black
state bird — the mockingbird
official state song — Texas Our Texas
state mammals (three)
- small — armadillo
- large — Texas longhorn
- flying — Mexican free-tailed bat

Texas centennial half dollar commemorative.

state folk dance — square dance
state fruit — Texas red grapefruit
state gem — Texas blue topaz
state gemstone cut — The Lone Star Cut^[3]
state grass — Sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula)
state insect — monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
state molecule — buckyball
musical instrument — guitar
state peppers (two)
- native — chiltepin (Capsicum anuum var. glabriusculum)
- other — jalapeño
state plant — prickly pear cactus
state reptile — Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum), commonly called the "horny toad"
state shell — lightning whelk (Busycon perversum pulleyi)
state ship — the Battleship USS Texas (BB-35)
state shrub — crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)
state native shrub — Texas purple sage (Leucophyllum frutescens))
state slogan — "It's like a whole other country"
state snack — tortilla chips and salsa
state sport — rodeo
state stone — petrified palmwood
state tartan — Texas Bluebonnet Tartan
state vegetable — Texas sweet onion

Words to the pledge:

Honor the Texas Flag;

I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas,

one and indivisible

Technically, the Texas state pledge is inaccurate. Texas has the ability to divide itself into up to five different states.^[4]

^ Texas State Library. Retrieved on Error: invalid time. Retrieved on 07, 2006.
^ 50states.com list of State Nicknames
^ State History Guide Texas Symbols, Gemstone Cut: Lone Star Cut
^ Mikkelson, Barbara; Mikkelson, David P. (2003-07-24). The Great Divide. Urban Legends Reference Pages. Snopes.com. Retrieved on February 1, 2007.

Texas State Symbols. About Texas. Texas State Library and Archives Commission (2006-11-14). Retrieved on February 1, 2007.