List of Kansas state symbols

The following is a list of symbols of the U.S. state of Kansas.^[1]

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

State symbols

The flag of the state of Kansas

Type	Symbol	Year and references
Kansas state seal	Great Seal of the State of Kansas	1861[2]
Kansas state flower and floral emblem	Wild native sunflower (Helianthus)	1903[3][4]
Kansas state banner	Kansas state banner	1925[5][6]
Kansas state flag	Flag of the State of Kansas	1927 (revised 1961, 1963)[7][8]
Kansas state marches	"The Kansas March" and "Here's Kansas"	1935[9][10]
Kansas state bird	Western meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)	1937[11][12]
Kansas state tree	Cottonwood (Populus deltoides)	1937[13][14]
Kansas state song	"Home on the Range"	1947[15][16]
Kansas state animal	American buffalo (Bison americanus)	1955[17]
Kansas state insect	Honeybee	1976[18][19]
Kansas state reptile	Ornate box turtle (Terrapene ornata)	1986[20][21]
Kansas state soil	Harney silt loam	1990[22]
Kansas state march	"Here's Kansas"	1992[23][24]
Kansas state amphibian	Barred tiger salamander (Ambystoma mavortium)	1994[25]
Kansas state grass	Little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)	2010[26][27]
Kansas marine fossil	Tylosaurus	2014[28][29]
Kansas flying fossil	Pteranodon	2014[28][30]
Kansas state rock	Greenhorn Limestone	2018[31]
Kansas state mineral	Galena	2018[32]
Kansas state gemstone	Jelinite	2018[33]
Kansas state fish	Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)	2018[34]
Kansas state red wine grape	Chambourcin	2019[35]
Kansas state white wine grape	Vignoles	2019[35]
Kansas state fruit	Sandhill plum	2022 [36]
Kansas land fossil	Silvisaurus condrayi	2023 [37]

• Kansas state motto: Ad astra per aspera (Latin for To the stars through difficulties)
• Kansas state nickname: Sunflower State

• United States quarter dollar - buffalo (American bison) and sunflower

See also

• List of Kansas-related topics
• Lists of United States state insignia
• State of Kansas
• Kansas Day