a small single barite rose rock      Oklahoma and All Its Wonder
Or at least some of it.

Okay, now that we have had a visit to the past let us now visit some more contemporary items.

Our state motto:

"Labor Omnia Vincit" - Labor Conquers All Things

Our state colors:

Green and white - chosen to resemble the foliage and berries of the mistletoe.

Our state tartan:

Red, white, black, and gold on a field of blue

Our State Fauna:
Animal: Buffalo, bison bison
Game Animal: White-tail deer, Odocoileus Virginians
Bird: Scissortailed flycatcher, muscivora forficata
Game Bird: Wild turkey, Meleagris gallopavo
Fish: White or sand bass, morone chrysops
Furbearer: Racoon, Procyon Lotor
Reptile: Eastern Collared Lizard or Mountain Boomer, Crotaphytus collaris collaris
Amphibian: Bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana
Butterfly: Black swallowtail, Papilio polyxenes
Insect: Honey bee, apis millifera
Fossil: Saurophaganax Maximus

 

Our State Flora:
Wild Flower: Indian blanket, gaillardia pulchella
Grass: Indiangrass, or Little Bluestem, Sorghastrum nutans
Floral Emblem: Mistletoe, phoradendron seotinum
Tree: Redbud, cercis canadensis

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