Montana State Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

Montana Symbols, Montana Emblems, and Montana Mascots

Browse the state's symbols; state animal, state bird, state flower, state flag, state fossil, state insect, state motto, state seal, state tree, color, dance, fish, mammal, music, nut, reptile seal, and miscellaneous designations, emblems, and mascot of each state with pictures. Find origin of the state name. View the state almanacs, state timelines and peruse state facts and stats such as the capitol, location, and date admitted to the union.

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Montana Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots
Arboretum	University of Montana, Missoula
Animal	Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) 1862
Ballad (song)	"Montana Melody" 1983 Written by LeGrande and Carleen Harvey Composed by LeGrande Harvey
Bird	Western Meadowlark {Sturnella neglecta(Audubon)} 1931
Fish	Blackspotted Cutthroat Trout (Salmo clarki) 1977
Flag	State Flag, 1905
Floral	Bitterroot (Lewisia rediviva) 1895
Fossil	Duck-billed Dinosaur (Maiasaura peeblesorum) 1985 Scientists digging in Choteau, Montana, found "Egg Mountain." The mountain, and the area surrounding it, was filled with fossilized eggs, babies, and adult dinosaurs from 80 million years ago. It was the first proof that some dinosaurs took care of their babies the way birds do now. That's how the Maiasaur got its name, which means "good mother lizard." Their round nests were six or seven feet wide and could hold 25 eggs. The hatched babies weighed about as much as a phonebook and were about one foot long. Adult Maiasaurs weighed almost 6,000 pounds (or about the same as a car with six people in it) and were almost 30 feet long (about as long as the inside of most movie theaters).
Butterfly	Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa) 2001 The North American common name for this species, mourning cloak, refers to its resemblance to a traditional dark colored cloak worn when one was "in mourning." The mourning cloak's dark brown wings are characterized by bright blue shimmering spots along the inner edge of a yellow or beige border. If viewed closely, you may see that their wings reflect purple highlights. The underside of the wings are dark brown with lighter brown edges.
Garden	Veterans' Memorial Rose Garden, Missoula, Montana
Gemstones: Sapphire & Agate	Yogo Sapphire and Agate , 1969
Grass	Bluebunch Wheatgrass {Agropyron spicatum (pursh)} 1973
Motto	Oro y Plata (gold and silver)
Seal	Great Seal, 1865
Song	"Montana," February 20, 1945 Written by Charles C. Cohan Composed by Joseph E. Howard
Tree	Ponderosa Pine (Pinaceae Pinus ponderosa) 1949

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