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

• Read an Introduction to New Mexico 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 1925
Seal 1913
Nickname Land of Enchantment
Motto Crescit Eundo  [(Latin...)]
Slogan Everybody is Somebody in New Mexico 1975
Song O’ Fair New Mexico 1917
check mark (article available)Flower yucca flower Yucca glauca 1927
check mark (article available)Tree pinyon Pinus edulis 1948
check mark (article available)Grass blue grama grass Bouteloua gracilis 1973
Vegetables chile & frijole (pinto bean) Phaseolus vulgaris 1965
check mark (article available)Bird roadrunner Geococcyx californianus 1949
Animal black bear Ursus americanus 1963
Reptile New Mexico whiptail lizard Cnemidophorus neomexicanus 2003
Amphibian New Mexico spadefoot toad Spea multiplicata 2003
Fish New Mexico or Rio Grande cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarki virginalis 1955
Insect tarantula hawk wasp Pepsis formosa 1989
Butterfly Sandia hairstreak Callophrys mcfarlandi 2003
Soil Penistaja
Fossil Coelophysis Coelophysis 1981
Gem turquoise 1967
Ballad Land of Enchantment - New Mexico 1989
Spanish Language Song Asi es Nuevo Mexico 1971
Bilingual Song New Mexico - Mi Lindo Nuevo Mexico 1995
Poem A Nuevo Mexico 1991
Cookie biscochito 1989
Balloon Museum Anderson-Abruzzo International Balloon Museum 1999
Colors red and yellow of Old Spain 1925
Aircraft hot air balloon 2005
Question Red or green? 1999
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