This is a list of symbols of the U.S. state of Nevada. The majority of the items in the list are officially recognized symbols created by an act of the Nevada Legislature and signed into law by the governor.
Insignia
editType | Symbol | Year | Images |
---|---|---|---|
Flag | State seal on a blue background | 1929 | |
Motto | All for our country | 1886 | |
Nicknames | Silver State, Battle Born State, Sagebrush State | n/a | |
Seal | The Seal of Nevada | 1886 | |
Song | Home Means Nevada | 1933 | |
Steam locomotive | Nevada Northern Railway #40 | 2009 |
Flora
editType | Symbol | Year | Images |
---|---|---|---|
Flower | Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) |
1917 | |
Tree | Great Basin Bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) |
1987 | |
Single-leaf Piñon (Pinus monophylla) |
1959 | ||
Grass | Indian ricegrass (Eriocoma hymenoides) |
1977 |
Fauna
editType | Symbol | Year | Image |
---|---|---|---|
Bird | Mountain bluebird (Sialia currucoides) |
1967 | |
Animal | Desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni) |
1973 | |
Fish | Lahontan cutthroat trout (Oncoryhnchus clarki henshawi) |
1981 | |
Fossil | Ichthyosaur (Shonisaurus popularis)[1][2] |
1977 | |
Reptile | Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) |
1989 | |
Insect |
Vivid Dancer Damselfly (Argia vivida)[3] |
2009 |
Geology
editType | Symbol | Year | Image |
---|---|---|---|
Mineral | Silver | 1977 | |
Rock | Sandstone | 1987 | |
Soil | Orovada | 2001 | |
Element | Neon [4] | 2019 |
Culture
editType | Symbol | Year | Images | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Color | Blue and Silver[5] | 1983 | ||
Steam locomotive | Nevada Northern Railway #40 | 2009 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Nevada State Fossil | Ichthyosaur".
- ^ "Nevada State Fossil: Ichthyosaur (Genus Shonisaurus)".
- ^ www.n-state.com, NSTATE, LLC. "Nevada State Insect, Vivid Dancer Damselfly, (Argia vivida) from NETSTATE.COM". www.netstate.com. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Nevada's State Symbols". nv.gov. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
- ^ "State of Nevada". leg.state.nv.us. Retrieved 2023-04-16.