| Type |
Symbol |
Description |
Year |
Image |
Source |
| Amphibian |
California red-legged frog
Rana draytonii |
|
2014 |
 |
[2] |
| Animal |
California grizzly bear
Ursus arctos californicus |
|
1958 |
 |
|
| Bat |
Pallid bat
Antrozous pallidus |
|
2024 |
 |
[3] |
| Bird |
California quail
Callipepla californica |
|
1931 |
 |
[4] |
| Colors |
Blue and gold |
Blue represents the sky, and gold represents the color of the precious metal found by forty-niners in the state's hills. |
1951 |
 |
| Crustacean |
Dungeness crab
Metacarcinus magister |
|
2024 |
 |
[5] |
| Dance |
West Coast Swing |
|
1988 |
|
|
| Dinosaur |
Augustynolophus |
|
2017 |
 |
|
| Fabric |
Denim |
|
2016 |
 |
[6] |
| Fife and drum band |
California Consolidated Drum Band |
|
1997 |
|
|
| Flower |
California poppy
Eschscholzia californica |
|
1903 |
 |
|
| Folk dance |
Square dance |
|
1988 |
 |
|
| Fossil |
Saber-toothed cat
Smilodon californicus |
|
1973 |
 |
|
| Freshwater fish |
Golden trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita |
|
1947 |
 |
|
| Fruit |
Avocado
Persea americana |
|
2013 |
 |
[7] |
| Gemstone |
Benitoite |
|
1985 |
 |
|
| Gold rush ghost town |
Bodie |
|
2002 |
 |
|
| Grass |
Purple needlegrass
Stipa pulchra (formerly Nassella pulchra) |
|
2004 |
 |
|
| Historical society |
California Historical Society |
|
1979 |
 |
|
| Insect |
California dogface butterfly
Colias eurydice |
|
1972 |
 |
|
| LGBTQ Veterans Memorial |
LGBTQ Veterans Memorial at Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City |
|
2018 |
|
[8] |
| Lichen |
Lace lichen
Ramalina menziesii |
|
2015 |
 |
|
| Marine fish |
Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus |
|
2002 |
 |
|
| Marine mammal |
Gray whale
Eschrichtius robustus |
|
1975 |
 |
|
| Marine reptile |
Leatherback sea turtle
Dermochelys coriacea |
|
2012 |
 |
|
| Military museum |
California State Military Museum |
|
2004 |
 |
|
| Mineral |
Gold |
|
1965 |
 |
|
| Mushroom |
California Golden Chanterelle |
|
2023 |
 |
[9] |
| Nuts |
Almond, Walnut, Pistachio, and Pecan |
|
2017 |
 |
[8] |
| Outdoor play |
The Ramona Pageant |
|
1993 |
 |
[10] |
| Prehistoric artifact |
Chipped Stone Bear |
|
1991 |
|
[11] |
| Reptile |
Desert tortoise
Gopherus agassizi |
|
1972 |
 |
|
| Rock |
Serpentine |
|
1965 |
 |
|
| Seashell |
Black abalone
Haliotis cracherodii |
|
2024 |
 |
[5] |
| Silver rush ghost town |
Calico |
|
2005 |
 |
|
| Slug |
Banana slug
Genus Ariolimax |
|
2024 |
 |
[5] |
| Soil |
San Joaquin |
|
1997 |
 |
|
| Sport |
Surfing |
|
2018 |
 |
|
| Tall ship |
Californian |
|
2003 |
 |
|
| Tartan |
California state tartan |
|
2001 |
 |
|
| Theater |
Pasadena Playhouse |
|
1937 |
 |
|
| Trees |
Coast redwood and giant sequoia
Sequoia sempervirens & Sequoiadendron giganteum |
|
1937 |
 |
|
| Vegetable |
Artichoke
Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus |
|
2013[7] |
 |
|
| Vietnam veterans memorial |
California Vietnam Veterans Memorial |
|
2014 |
|
[12][13] |
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