The following is a list of symbols of the U.S. state of Kansas.[1]
Type | Symbol | Year and references |
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Kansas state seal | Great Seal of the State of Kansas | 1861[2] |
Kansas state flower and floral emblem | Wild native sunflower (Helianthus) | 1903[3][4] |
Kansas state banner | Kansas state banner | 1925[5][6] |
Kansas state flag | Flag of the State of Kansas | 1927 (revised 1961, 1963)[7][8] |
Kansas state march | "The Kansas March" | 1935[9][10] |
Kansas state bird | Western meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) | 1937[11][12] |
Kansas state tree | Cottonwood (Populus deltoides) | 1937[13][14] |
Kansas state song | "Home on the Range" | 1947[15][16] |
Kansas state animal | American buffalo (Bison americanus) | 1955[17] |
Kansas state insect | Honeybee | 1976[18][19] |
Kansas state reptile | Ornate box turtle (Terrapene ornata) | 1986[20][21] |
Kansas state soil | Harney silt loam | 1990[22] |
Kansas state march | "Here's Kansas" | 1992[23][24] |
Kansas state amphibian | Barred tiger salamander (Ambystoma mavortium) | 1994[25] |
Kansas state grass | Little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) | 2010[26][27] |
Kansas marine fossil | Tylosaurus | 2014[28][29] |
Kansas flying fossil | Pteranodon | 2014[28][30] |
Kansas state rock | Greenhorn Limestone | 2018[31] |
Kansas state mineral | Galena | 2018[32] |
Kansas state gemstone | Jelinite | 2018[33] |
Kansas state fish | Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) | 2018[34] |
Kansas state red wine grape | Chambourcin | 2019[35] |
Kansas state white wine grape | Vignoles | 2019[35] |
Kansas State Fruit | Sandhill Plum | 2022 [36] |