Colorado Symbols: A Complete Reference (GeoSymbols)

Colorado






• Read an Introduction to Colorado symbols.
• To learn more about a symbol, click its link in the left column (Designation) of the table below.
A check mark (check mark (article available)) indicates an article, with or without pictures, about that symbol. (However, many symbol pages without check marks nevertheless have a little text, pictures and/or links to related resources.)
Designation Symbol Scientific Name Year
Flag 1911
Seal 1877
Nickname Centennial State
Nickname Colorful Colorado
Motto Nil Sine Numine  [(Latin...)] 1861
Song Where the Columbines Grow 1915
check mark (article available)Flower columbine Aquilegia caerules 1899
check mark (article available)Tree Colorado blue spruce Picea pungens 1939
Grass blue grama grass Bouteloua gracilis 1987
check mark (article available)Bird lark bunting Calamospiza melanocorys 1931
Animal Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep Ovis canadensis 1961
Fish greenback cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarki somias 1994
Insect Colorado hairstreak butterfly Hypaurotis crysalus 1996
Fossil Stegosaurus Stegosaurus 1982
Gemstone aquamarine 1971
Mineral rhodochrosite 2002
Rock Yule marble 2004
Soil Seitz
Folk Dance square dance 1992
Tartan tartan 1997
Language English 1988

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