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• 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
(  )
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 |
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1911 |
| Seal |
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1877 |
| Nickname |
Centennial State |
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| Nickname |
Colorful Colorado |
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| Motto |
Nil Sine Numine [(Latin...)] |
1861 |
| Song |
Where the Columbines Grow |
1915 |
| Flower |
columbine |
Aquilegia caerules |
1899 |
| Tree |
Colorado blue spruce |
Picea pungens |
1939 |
| Grass |
blue grama grass |
Bouteloua gracilis |
1987 |
| 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 |
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| Folk Dance |
square dance |
1992 |
| Tartan |
tartan |
1997 |
| Language |
English |
1988 |
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