State symbols

• Michigan state bird: American Robin
  American Robin
  The American Robin or North American Robin is a migratory songbird of the thrush family. It is named after the European Robin because of its reddish-orange breast, though the two species are not closely related, with the European robin belonging to the flycatcher family...
  
   (Turdus migratorius)
• Michigan state coat-of-arms: Coat-of-Arms of the State of Michigan
• Michigan state fish: Brook Trout
  Brook trout
  The brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis, is a species of fish in the salmon family of order Salmoniformes. In many parts of its range, it is known as the speckled trout or squaretail. A potamodromous population in Lake Superior are known as coaster trout or, simply, as coasters...
  
   (Salvelinus fontinalis)
• Michigan state flag: Flag of the State of Michigan
• Michigan state flower: Apple blossom
  Apple
  The apple is the pomaceous fruit of the apple tree, species Malus domestica in the rose family . It is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits, and the most widely known of the many members of genus Malus that are used by humans. Apple grow on small, deciduous trees that blossom in the spring...
  
   (Malus domestica)
• Michigan state fossil: Mastodon
  Mastodon
  Mastodons were large tusked mammal species of the extinct genus Mammut which inhabited Asia, Africa, Europe, North America and Central America from the Oligocene through Pleistocene, 33.9 mya to 11,000 years ago. The American mastodon is the most recent and best known species of the group...
  
   (Mammut americanum)
• Michigan state game animal: White-tailed Deer
  White-tailed Deer
  The white-tailed deer , also known as the Virginia deer or simply as the whitetail, is a medium-sized deer native to the United States , Canada, Mexico, Central America, and South America as far south as Peru...
  
   (Odocoileus virginianus)
• Michigan state gem: Isle Royale greenstone or Chlorastrolite
  Chlorastrolite
  Chlorastrolite also known as Michigan Greenstone, is a green or bluish green stone. Chlorastrolite has finely radiated or stellate masses that have a "turtleback" pattern. The stellate masses tend to be chatoyant, meaning they have a changeable luster. This chatoyancy can be subtranslucent to...
  
  
• Michigan state mammal: Wolverine
  Wolverine
  The wolverine, pronounced , Gulo gulo , also referred to as glutton, carcajou, skunk bear, or quickhatch, is the largest land-dwelling species of the family Mustelidae . It is a stocky and muscular carnivore, more closely resembling a small bear than other mustelids...
  
   (Gulo gulo luscus) (unofficial)
• Michigan state motto: Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice
  (Latin for If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you)
• Michigan state nicknames: Wolverine State, Great Lakes State, Mitten State, Water-Winter Wonderland
• Michigan state reptile: Painted Turtle
  Painted Turtle
  The painted turtle is the most widespread native turtle of North America. It lives in slow-moving fresh waters, from southern Canada to Louisiana and northern Mexico, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The turtle is the only species of the genus Chrysemys, which is part of the pond turtle...
  
   (Chrysemys picta)
• Michigan state seal: Great Seal of the State of Michigan
• Michigan state soil: Kalkaska Sand
  Kalkaska Sand
  Kalkaska sand is the official soil of the U.S. state of Michigan.Kalkaska sand was identified in 1927 and named after Kalkaska County located in the northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan. This soil is a multi-layer soil composed of humus, light sand, dark sand, and yellowish sand. It is classified...
  
  
• Michigan state song: My Michigan
  My Michigan
  My Michigan is the title of the State of Michigan's only official state anthem. It was written by Giles Kavanagh and H. O'Reilly Clint in 1933. It was published by Clint's own music publishing company at Detroit...
  
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• Michigan state stone: Petoskey stone
  Petoskey stone
  A Petoskey stone is a rock and a fossil, often pebble-shaped, that is composed of a fossilized coral, Hexagonaria percarinata. The stones were formed as a result of glaciation, in which sheets of ice plucked stones from the bedrock, grinding off their rough edges and depositing them in Michigan's...
  
  
• Michigan state tree: Eastern White Pine
  Eastern White Pine
  Pinus strobus, commonly known as the eastern white pine, is a large pine native to eastern North America, occurring from Newfoundland west to Minnesota and southeastern Manitoba, and south along the Appalachian Mountains to the northern edge of Georgia.It is occasionally known as simply white pine,...
  
   (Pinus strobus)
• Michigan state wildflower: Dwarf Lake Iris
  Dwarf Lake Iris
  The Dwarf Lake Iris is a beardless rhizomatous iris native to the northern shores of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron....
  
   (Iris lacustris)
• United States quarter dollar - Michigan 2004