List of Kansas state symbols
The following is a list of symbols of the U.S. state of Kansas.
State symbols
Type | Symbol | Year and references |
Kansas state seal | Great Seal of the State of Kansas | 1861 |
Kansas state flower and floral emblem | Wild native sunflower | 1903 |
Kansas state banner | Kansas state banner | 1925 |
Kansas state flag | Flag of the State of Kansas | 1927 |
Kansas state march | "The Kansas March" | 1935 |
Kansas state bird | Western meadowlark | 1937 |
Kansas state tree | Cottonwood | 1937 |
Kansas state song | "Home on the Range" | 1947 |
Kansas state animal | American buffalo | 1955 |
Kansas state insect | Honeybee | 1976 |
Kansas state reptile | Ornate box turtle | 1986 |
Kansas state soil | Harney silt loam | 1990 |
Kansas state march | "Here's Kansas" | 1992 |
Kansas state amphibian | Barred tiger salamander | 1994 |
Kansas state grass | Little bluestem | 2010 |
Kansas marine fossil | Tylosaurus | 2010 |
Kansas flying fossil | Pteranodon | 2010 |
Kansas state rock | Greenhorn Limestone | 2018 |
Kansas state mineral | Galena | 2018 |
Kansas state gemstone | Jelinite | 2018 |
Kansas state fish | Channel catfish | 2018 |
Kansas state red wine grape | Chambourcin | 2019 |
Kansas state white wine grape | Vignoles | 2019 |
- Kansas state motto: Ad astra per aspera
- Kansas state nickname: Sunflower State
- United States quarter dollar - buffalo and sunflower