List of Oklahoma state symbols

Location of the state of Oklahoma in the United States of America

This is a list of Oklahoma's state symbols, including official and unofficial. The official symbols are codified by statute. Many of the unofficial symbols are defined by Oklahoma Senate or House of Representative resolutions.

## State symbols

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Indian blanket (Gaillardia pulchella) is Oklahoma's official state wildflower. Senate Concurrent Resolution 101 (1972) designated the buffalo (Bison bison) as Oklahoma's state mammal. In 1979, the Oklahoma State Senate named the 76-foot-tall (23 m) Golden Driller as the state monument (SCR23, 1979). Flora

Floral emblem | Mistletoe | 25 O.S.3§92, 1893
Fruit | Strawberry | 25 O.S.3§98.10, 2005
Wildflower | Indian blanket (Gaillardia pulchella) | 25 O.S.3§92.1, 1986
Tree | Redbud (Cercis canadensis) | 25 OS § 97, 1937 (moved to 2 OS § 16-69, 2001)
Grass | Indian grass (Sorghastrum nutans) | SCR72, 1972
Flower | Oklahoma rose  | 25 O.S.3§92, 2004
Vegetable | Watermelon | 25 OS § 98.15,2007
Fauna
Bird | Scissor-tailed flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) | 25 O.S.3§98, 1951
Reptile | Collared lizard (mountain boomer Crotaphytus collaris) | HCR1009, 1969
Mammal | Buffalo (Bison bison) | SCR101, 1972
Fish | White bass (sand bass Morone chrysops) | 25 O.S.3§98.2, 1974
Furbearer animal | Common raccoon (Procyon lotor) | SCR25, 1989
Insect | European honey bee (Apis mellifera) | SCR75, 1992
Game animal | White-tail deer (Odocoileus virginians) | SCR24, 1990
Game bird | Wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) | 25 O.S.3§98.13,1990
Butterfly | Black swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) | HB2082, 1996
Amphibian | Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) | HCR1026, 1997
Fossil | Saurophaganax maximus | 25 O.S.3§98.6, 2000
Flying mammal | Mexican free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis) | 25 O.S.3§98.11, 2006
Dinosaur | Acrocanthosaurus atokensis | 25 O.S.3§98.14, 2006
Raptor | Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) | HB2997, 2018
Music
Waltz | "Oklahoma Wind"  | SR42, 1982
Anthem | "Oklahoma!"
lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II
music: Richard Rodgers | 25 O.S.3§94.1, 1953
Folk song  | "Oklahoma Hills"
by Woody Guthrie
and Jack Guthrie | 25 O.S.3§94.8, 2001
Musical instrument | Fiddle | SCR25, 1984
Country and western song | "Faded Love"
by John Willis
and Bob Wills | SCR65, 1988
Folk dance  | Square dance | SCR111, 1988
Percussive musical instrument | Drum | 25 O.S.3§98.3, 1993
Children's song  | "Oklahoma, My Native Land"
by Martha Kemm Barrett  | HB3000, 1996
Western band  | The Sounds of the Southwest  | HCR1053, 1997
Inspirational Song  | "I Can Only Imagine"
by MercyMe | HB3473, 2018
Other
Language | English  | State Question 751
Astronomical object  | Rosette Nebula, NGC 2237  | 25 O.S. §25-98.18, 2019
Cartoon character | GUSTY | 25 O.S.3§98.9, 2005
Colors | Green and white | 25 O.S.3§93, 1915
Rock | Rose rock (Barite rose) | 25 O.S.3§98.1, 1968
State monument  | Golden Driller | SCR23, 1979
Theatre | Lynn Riggs Players of Oklahoma, Inc.  | 53 OS § 81
Poem | "Howdy Folks" by David Randolph Milsten  | HCR7, 1941
Pin | "OK" pin  | SCR36, 1982
Beverage | Milk | SCR2, 1985
Soil | Port Silt Loam Cumulic haplustolls | HJR1014, 1987
Meal | Oklahoma state meal:
fried okra, squash, cornbread, barbecued pork, biscuits, sausage and gravy, grits, corn, strawberries, chicken fried steak, pecan pie, and black-eyed peas.  | HCR 1083, 1988
Steak | Ribeye | 25 O.S. §25-98.19, 2019
Poet laureate | Biennial gubernatorial appointment | 1994
Tartan | Oklahoma Tartan  | HCR1025, 1999
Stamp | Oklahoma Statehood Stamp which celebrates the 100th birthday of Oklahoma's entry into the Union, November 16, 1907  | Issued by the United States Postal Service [1]

## See also

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* List of U.S. state, district, and territorial insignia
* Oklahoma
* Outline of Oklahoma

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