This is a list of official symbols for the U.S. state of Illinois:
Type | Symbol | Image | Law[notes 1][1] | Year adopted |
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Amphibian | Eastern tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) |
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5 ILCS 460/85 | 2005[2] |
Animal | White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) |
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5 ILCS 460/45 | 1982[2] |
Artifact | Pirogue | 5 ILCS 460/63 | 2017[1] | |
Bird | Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) |
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5 ILCS 460/10 | 1929[2] |
Exercise | Cycling | ![]() |
5 ILCS 460/67 | 2018[1] |
Fish | Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) |
5 ILCS 460/50 | 1986[2] | |
Flower | Violet (Viola spp.) |
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5 ILCS 460/40 | 1908[2][3] |
Folk dance | Square dance | 5 ILCS 460/65 | 1990[4] | |
Fruit | Gold Rush Apple (Malus × domestica) |
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5 ILCS 460/57 | 2007[1] |
Fossil | Tully monster (Tullimonstrum gregarium) |
5 ILCS 460/60 | 1989[3] | |
Grain | Corn | 5 ILCS 460/56.5 | 2018[5] | |
Horse | Thoroughbred horse (Equus caballus) |
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5 ILCS 460/90 | 2006[1] |
Insect | Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) |
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5 ILCS 460/15 | 1975[2] |
Mineral | Fluorite (Calcium fluoride) |
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5 ILCS 460/25 | 1965[3] |
Motto | "State sovereignty, national union" | 5 ILCS 460/5[notes 2] | 1818[6] | |
Nickname | "The Prairie State" | Traditional[3] | ||
Pet | Shelter dogs and shelter cats | 5 ILCS 460/47 | 2017[1] | |
Pie | Pumpkin pie | ![]() |
5 ILCS 460/100 | 2016[1] |
Prairie grass | Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) |
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5 ILCS 460/55 | 1989[3] |
Reptile | Painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) |
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5 ILCS 460/90 | 2006[1] |
Rock | Dolostone | 2022[7] | ||
Slogan | "Land of Lincoln" | 5 ILCS 460/30 | 1955[3] | |
Snackfood | Popcorn | ![]() |
5 ILCS 460/80 | 2004[1] |
Snake | Eastern milk snake | ![]() |
5 ILCS 460/87 | 2022[8] |
Soil | Drummer silty clay loam (mesic Typic Endoaquoll) |
5 ILCS 460/75 | 2001[1] | |
Song | "Illinois" | 5 ILCS 460/35 | 1925[9] | |
Tartan | Illinois Saint Andrew Society Tartan | 5 ILCS 460/95 | 2012[1] | |
Theatre | The Great American People Show | 5 ILCS 460/70 | 1995[1] | |
Tree | White oak (Quercus alba) (replaced "Native Oak" adopted in 1908) |
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5 ILCS 460/40 | 1973[2][3] |
Vegetable | Sweet corn | ![]() |
5 ILCS 460/56 | 2015[1] |
Wildflower | Milkweed (Asclepias spp.) |
5 ILCS 460/43 | 2017[1] |