Official State Symbols of South Dakota

Information about the official state symbols of the U.S. State of South Dakota.

State Symbols of South Dakota
STATE NICKNAME: "Mount Rushmore State"
UNOFFICIAL NICKNAMES: "Coyote State" and "Sunshine State"
STATE MOTTO: "Under God, the people rule"
STATE SLOGAN: "Great Faces. Great Places."
STATE SONG: "Hail, South Dakota!"
STATE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT: Fiddle
STATE SPORT: Rodeo

State Flora and Fauna of South Dakota
STATE BIRD: Ring-necked pheasant (phasianus colchicus)
STATE FLOWER: American pasque (pulsatilla hirsutissima / aka May Day Flower)
STATE TREE: Black Hills Spruce (picea glauca densata)
STATE INSECT: Honey bee (Apis mellifera)
STATE ANIMAL: Coyote (canis latrans)
STATE FISH: Walleye (stizostedion vitreum)
STATE GRASS: Western Wheatgrass (pascopyrum/agropyron smithii)

State Geological Symbols of South Dakota
STATE FOSSIL: Triceratops
STATE GEMSTONE Fairburn Agate
STATE JEWELRY: Black Hills Gold
STATE MINERAL: Rose Quartz
STATE SOIL: Houdek Soil

State Foods of South Dakota
STATE BREAD: Frybread
STATE DESSERT: Kuchen
STATE DRINK: Milk (lac vacuum) | Milk Recipes |

References:

sdsos.gov - about sd - state seal and symbols