List of Colorado state symbols
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The following is a list of symbols of the U.S. state of Colorado.

State insignia

Type Symbol Image Adopted
Flag
State flag
There are two separate meanings for the term state flag in vexillology – the flag of the government of a sovereign state, and the flag of an individual subnational state.-Government flag:...

Flag of the State of Colorado 1911
CRS 24-80-904
Motto Nil sine numine
Latin: Nothing without providence
Nil sine numine 1861
CRS 24-80-901
Nickname Centennial State The Centennial State 1876
Seal
Seals of the U.S. states
The following gallery displays the official seals of the 50 states, federal district, and territories of the United States of America:-See also:* Coat of Arms of the U.S. States* Seals of Governors of the U.S. States* Flags of the U.S. states...

Great Seal of the State of Colorado 1861
Modified 1877
CRS 24-80-901
Slogan Colorful Colorado

unofficial

Living symbols

Type Symbol Image Adopted
Bird Lark Bunting
Lark Bunting
The Lark Bunting is a medium-sized sparrow. It is monotypic, the only member of the genus Calamospiza .-Overview:...


Calamospiza melanocorys
1931
CRS 24-80-910
Fish Greenback Cutthroat Trout
Greenback cutthroat trout
The greenback cutthroat trout is the easternmost subspecies of cutthroat trout. This subspecies, once widespread, today occupies less than 1% of its historical range and is currently listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. It was adopted in 1994 as the state fish of...


Oncorhynchus clarki stomias
1994
CRS 24-80-911.5
Flower Rocky Mountain Columbine
Aquilegia caerulea
Aquilegia caerulea
Aquilegia caerulea is a species of Aquilegia flower native to the Rocky Mountains from Montana south to New Mexico and west to Idaho and Arizona. Its common name is Colorado Blue Columbine; sometimes it is called "Rocky Mountain Columbine", but this properly refers to Aquilegia saximontana.It is a...

1899
CRS 24-80-905
Grass Blue Grama Grass
Bouteloua gracilis
1987
SJR 87-13
Insect Colorado Hairstreak Butterfly
Colorado Hairstreak Butterfly
The Colorado Hairstreak Butterfly is a montane butterfly native to oak scrubland in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It was designated the state insect of Colorado in 1996....


Hypaurotis crysalus
1996
CRS 24-80-913
Mammal Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep
Ovis canadensis canadensis
1961
CRS 24-80-911
Reptile Western Painted Turtle
Chrysemys picta bellii
2007
HB 08-1017
Tree Colorado Blue Spruce
Picea pungens
1939
HJR 39-07

Earth symbols

Type Symbol Image Adopted
Fossil Stegosaurus
Stegosaurus
Stegosaurus is a genus of armored stegosaurid dinosaur. They lived during the Late Jurassic period , some 155 to 150 million years ago in what is now western North America. In 2006, a specimen of Stegosaurus was announced from Portugal, showing that they were present in Europe as well...

1982
Executive Order
Gemstone Aquamarine 1971
CRS 24-80-912
Mineral Rhodochrosite
Rhodochrosite
Rhodochrosite is a manganese carbonate mineral with chemical composition MnCO3. In its pure form, it is typically a rose-red color, but impure specimens can be shades of pink to pale brown. The streak is white. Its Mohs hardness varies between 3.5 and 4. Its specific gravity is 3.5 to 3.7. It...

2002
CRS 24-80-912.5
Rock Yule Marble
Yule Marble
Yule Marble is a type of metamorphed limestone found only in the Yule Creek Valley, in the West Elk Mountains of Colorado, just south of the town of Marble, Colorado . Quarried today at 9,300 feet above sea level, Yule Marble is famous for its uniform pure white consistency, lacking, for the most...

2004
CRS 24-80-912.7
Soil Seitz
Seitz (soil)
-Profile:The Seitz soil series consists of very deep, well drained, slowly permeable soils that formed in colluvium or slope alluvium derived from igneous, sedimentary, and volcanic rocks. Seitz soils are located on mountains, mainly in southwestern and central Colorado...

[ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/NSSC/StateSoil_Profiles/co_soil.pdf Seitz] unofficial

Cultural symbols

Type Symbol Image Adopted
Folk dance Square Dance
Square dance
Square dance is a folk dance with four couples arranged in a square, with one couple on each side, beginning with Couple 1 facing away from the music and going counter-clockwise until getting to Couple 4. Couples 1 and 3 are known as the head couples, while Couples 2 and 4 are the side couples...

1992
CRS 24-80-909.5
Songs Where the Columbines Grow
Where the Columbines Grow
Where the Columbines Grow is one of the two official state songs of Colorado. It was written and composed by A.J. Fynn, and was adopted on May 8, 1915...


and Rocky Mountain High
Rocky Mountain High
"Rocky Mountain High" is a folk-rock song written by John Denver and Mike Taylor about Colorado, and is one of the two official state songs of Colorado. Recorded by Denver, it went to number nine on the US Hot 100 in 1973...

 
1915
2007
CRS 24-80-909
Tartan Colorado State Tartan
Colorado State Tartan
The Colorado State Tartan is the Scottish tartan pattern officially adopted by the U.S. State of Colorado to represent the state in various functions and occasions.-Official state tartan:...

1997-03-03
HJR 97-1016

United States coin

Type Symbol Image Coined
Quarter dollar
Quarter (United States coin)
A quarter dollar, commonly shortened to quarter, is a coin worth ¼ of a United States dollar, or 25 cents. The quarter has been produced since 1796. The choice of 25¢ as a denomination, as opposed to 20¢ which is more common in other parts of the world, originated with the practice of dividing...

Colorado Quarter 2006 2006

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