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• Read an Introduction to West Virginia 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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1929 |
| Seal |
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1863 |
| Nickname |
Mountain State |
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| Nickname |
Switzerland of America |
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| Nickname |
Panhandle State |
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| Motto |
Montani Semper Liberi [(Latin...)] |
1863 |
| Song |
West Virginia, My Home Sweet Home |
1963 |
| Song |
The West Virginia Hills |
1963 |
| Song |
This is My West Virginia |
1963 |
| Flower |
big laurel |
Rhododendron maximum |
1903 |
| Tree |
sugar maple |
Acer saccharum |
1949 |
| Fruit |
apple (Golden Delicious) |
Malus |
1972 |
| Bird |
cardinal |
Cardinalis cardinalis |
1949 |
| Animal |
black bear |
Ursus americanus |
1973 |
| Fish |
brook trout |
Salvelinus fontinalis |
1973 |
| Butterfly |
monarch butterfly |
Danaus plexippus |
1995 |
| Insect |
honeybee |
Apis mellifera |
1978 |
| Soil |
Monongahela Silt Loam |
1997 |
| Gem |
Lithostrotionella |
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1990 |
| Colors |
Old gold and blue |
1963 |
| Day |
West Virginia Day, June 20 |
1927 |
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