List of Nevada state symbols

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Location of the state of Nevada in the United States of America

This is a list of symbols of the U.S. state of Nevada . The majority of the items in the list are officially recognized symbols created by an act of the Nevada Legislature and signed into law by the governor.

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Insignia

TypeSymbolYearImages
Flag State seal on a blue background1929 Flag of Nevada.svg
Motto All for our country1886
Nicknames Silver State, Battle Born State, Sagebrush Staten/a
Seal The Seal of Nevada 1886 Seal of Nevada.svg
Song Home Means Nevada 1933
Steam locomotive Nevada Northern Railway #402009 Nevada Northern excursion train, Ely 2005.jpg

Flora

TypeSymbolYearImages
Flower Sagebrush
(Artemisia tridentata)
1917 Sagebrush.jpg
Tree Great Basin Bristlecone pine
(Pinus longaeva)
1987 Big bristlecone pine Pinus longaeva.jpg
Single-leaf Piñon
(Pinus monophylla)
1959 Single-leaf pinyon 1.jpg
Grass Indian ricegrass
(Eriocoma hymenoides)
1977 White Sands vegetation in cryptobiotic crust.jpg

Fauna

TypeSymbolYearImage
Bird Mountain bluebird
(Sialia currucoides)
1967 Mountain Bluebird.jpg
Animal Desert bighorn sheep
(Ovis canadensis nelsoni)
1973 Desert Bighorn Barna Cropped.jpg
Fish Lahontan cutthroat trout
(Oncoryhnchus clarki henshawi)
1981 Lahontan pyramid.jpg
Fossil Ichthyosaur
(Shonisaurus popularis) [1] [2]
1977 Shonisaurus BW 2.jpg
Reptile Desert tortoise
(Gopherus agassizii)
1989 Gopherus agassizii.jpg
Insect
Vivid Dancer Damselfly
(Argia vivida) [3]
2009 Vivid Dancer - Argia vivida, Zion National Park, Springdale, Utah.jpg

Geology

TypeSymbolYearImage
Mineral Silver 1977 SilverUSGOV.jpg
Rock Sandstone 1987 Millet-Seed Sandstone Macro.JPG
Soil Orovada 2001
Element Neon [4] 2019

Culture

TypeSymbolYearImages
Color Blue and Silver [5] 1983
Steam locomotive Nevada Northern Railway #402009 Nevada Northern excursion train, Ely 2005.jpg

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References

  1. "Nevada State Fossil | Ichthyosaur".
  2. "Nevada State Fossil: Ichthyosaur (Genus Shonisaurus)".
  3. www.n-state.com, NSTATE, LLC. "Nevada State Insect, Vivid Dancer Damselfly, (Argia vivida) from NETSTATE.COM". www.netstate.com. Retrieved 2017-08-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. "Nevada's State Symbols". nv.gov. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
  5. "State of Nevada". leg.state.nv.us. Retrieved 2023-04-16.