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Stamp depicting New Jersey’s state flower and bird
Picture of New Jersey’s state flag
Picture of New Jersey’s state seal

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Designation Symbol Scientific Name Year
Flag 1896
Seal 1777
Nickname Garden State
Nickname Clam State
Nickname Camden and Amboy State
Nickname Jersey Blue State
Nickname Pathway of the Revolution
Motto Liberty and Prosperity 1928
Song New Jersey Loyalty
check mark (article available)Flower common meadow violet Viola sororia 1972
check mark (article available)Tree red oak Quercus borealis maxima 1950
check mark (article available)Memorial Tree dogwood Cornus florida 1951
Berry highbush blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum 2004
check mark (article available)Bird eastern goldfinch Carduelis tristis 1935
Animal horse Equus caballus 1977
Fish brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis 1991
Bug honeybee Apis mellifera 1974
Shell knobbed whelk Busycon carica 1995
Soil Downer
Dinosaur Hadrosaurus foulkii Hadrosaurus foulkii 1991
Folk Dance square dance 1983
Colors buff and Jersey blue 1965
Tall Ship A.J. Meerwald 1998
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