North Carolina Symbols

1. North Carolina Symbols By Brent Randleman

2. State Flower • The state flower of North Carolina is the dog wood. The dogwood was selected in 1941.The dogwood was selected because it is the most common and it can be found in all the regions.

3. State Bird • The state bird of North Carolina is the cardinal. The cardinal was selected in 1943.The cardinal was selected because it is a year round bird and it is the most common .

4. State Tree • The state tree of North Carolina is the loblolly pine . The loblolly pine was selected in 1963 .It was selected because it can be used to built and it is the most common.

5. State Mineral • The state mineral of North Carolina is gold. Gold was picked as our state mineral in 2011.Gold was chosen as our state mineral because it was fond in North Carolina.

6. State Song • The state song of North Carolina is old north state. Old north state was chosen in1927.

7. State Seal/Motto • State seal of North Carolina is EsseQuan Verdi. The saying EsseQuanVerdi means to be rather than to seem. It was chosen in1983.This was chosen because all the elements on it are important to North Carolina.

8. State Flag/ Colors • The state flag of North Carolina is the flag of North Carolina. The colors of the flag is blue and red. The flag was selected in 1885. the flag was selected because it was the North Carolina flag and the colors were pick because it was the colors the soldiers wore in the revolution.

9. State Stone • The state stone of North Carolina is the granite. The granite was picked in 1979.It was picked because it has two characteristic strength and steadfastness

10. State Stone The state stone of North Carolina is the emerald. It was picked in 1973. It was picked because it is valuable of $100.000.

11. Websites http://www.ncwiseowl.org/ Http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157