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The Midwest > Missouri > Identification

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State fossil > Binomial nomenclature Delocrinus missouriensis
State fossil > Common name
Sea lily
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state fossils
State fossil > Year 1,989
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state fossils
State grasses > Scientific name Andropogon gerardii
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state fossils
State grasses > State grass Big Bluestem
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state grasses
State mottos > Motto
Salus populi suprema lex esto
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state grasses
State Name Missouri
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state mottos
State reptile
Three-toed box turtle
Source: John
State reptile > Binomial nomenclature
Terrapene carolina
subspecies triunguis
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state reptiles
State reptile > Year adopted 2,007
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state reptiles
State soil
Menfro
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state reptiles
State tree Flowering dogwood
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state soils
State tree > Binomial Nomenclature Cornus florida
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state trees
Symbols > State animal
Missouri Mule (State animal); Missouri Fox Trotting Horse (State horse)
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state trees
Symbols > State bird Bluebird
Source: "State Names, Seals, Flags and Symbols" by Benjamin F. Shearer, Barbara S. Shearer.
Symbols > State motto
Salus populi suprema lex esto (The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law)
Source: "State Names, Seals, Flags and Symbols" by Benjamin F. Shearer, Barbara S. Shearer.
U.S. state insects > Binomial name Apis mellifera
Source: FirstGov Official Government Website, Wikipedia
U.S. state insects > State insect
European honey bee
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state insects
U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones > State Geological Symbols > Mineral Galena (1967)
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state insects
U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones > State Geological Symbols > Rock Mozarkite (1967)
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones

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SOURCES: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state fossils; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state grasses; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state mottos; John; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state reptiles; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state soils; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state trees; "State Names, Seals, Flags and Symbols" by Benjamin F. Shearer, Barbara S. Shearer.; FirstGov Official Government Website, Wikipedia; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state insects ; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: MO

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