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The West > Washington > Identification

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State colors > Color 2
State fossil > Age Pleistocene
Definition: Identification > State fossil > Age
State fossil > Binomial nomenclature Mammuthus columbi
Definition: Identification > State fossil > Binomial nomenclature
State fossil > Common name Columbian Mammoth
Definition: Identification > State fossil > Common name
State fossil > Year
1998(http://www1.leg.wa.gov/Legislature/StateSymbols/ WA State Symbols)
Definition: Identification > State fossil > Year
State grasses > Scientific name Agropyron spicatum
Definition: Identification > State grasses > Scientific name
State grasses > State grass Bluebunch wheatgrass
Definition: Identification > State grasses > State grass
State mottos > Motto Al-ki (unofficial)
Definition: Identification > State mottos > Motto
State Name Washington
Definition: Identification > State Name
State soil
Tokul
Definition: Identification > State soil
State soil > Year adopted proposed
Definition: Identification > State soil > Year adopted
State tree Western Hemlock
Definition: Identification > State tree
State tree > Binomial Nomenclature Tsuga heterophylla
Definition: Identification > State tree > Binomial Nomenclature
Symbols > State animal Orca
Definition: Identification > Symbols > State animal
Symbols > State bird Willow Goldfinch
Definition: Identification > Symbols > State bird
Symbols > State motto
Al-Ki (Indian word meaning “by and by�)
Definition: Identification > Symbols > State motto
U.S. state grasses > Binomial name Agropyron spicatum
Definition: Identification > U.S. state grasses > Binomial name
U.S. state grasses > State grass Bluebunch wheatgrass
Definition: Identification > U.S. state grasses > State grass
U.S. state insects > Binomial name Anax junius
Definition: Identification > U.S. state insects > Binomial name
U.S. state insects > State insect
Green Darner Dragonfly
Definition: Identification > U.S. state insects > State insect

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SOURCES: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state colors; 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 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 grasses ; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state insects

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