List of Nevada state symbols

Location of the state of Nevada in the United States of America

This is a list of symbols of the U.S. state of Nevada. The majority of the items in the list are officially recognized symbols created by an act of the Nevada Legislature and signed into law by the governor.

Miscellaneous

Type	Symbol	Year
Flag	State seal on a blue background	1929
Motto	All for our country	1886
Nicknames	Silver State, Battle Born State	n/a
Seal	The Seal of Nevada	1886

Flora

Type	Symbol	Year	^[1]
Flower	Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata)	1917
Tree	Bristlecone pine (Pinus monophylla)	1953

Fauna

Type	Symbol	Year
Bird	Mountain bluebird (Sialia currucoides)	1967
Animal	Desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni)	1973
Fish	Lahontan cutthroat trout (Oncoryhnchus clarki henshawi)
Reptile	Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii)	1989

Geology

Type	Symbol	Year	Image
Mineral	Silver	1977
Rock	Sandstone	1987

References

↑ bristlecone pine

External links

Nevada State Symbols

State of Nevada

Carson City (capital)

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Regions	Black Rock Desert Eagle Valley Great Basin Lake Mead Lake Tahoe Las Vegas Valley Mojave Desert Pahranagat Valley Sierra Nevada Trout Creek Mountains Truckee Meadows

Metro areas	Las Vegas–Paradise Reno–Sparks Carson City

Counties	Churchill Clark Douglas Elko Esmeralda Eureka Humboldt Lander Lincoln Lyon Mineral Nye Pershing Storey Washoe White Pine

Cities and communities	Alamo Amargosa Valley Austin Baker Battle Mountain Beatty Boulder City Caliente Carlin Carson City Elko Ely Enterprise Eureka Fallon Fernley Gardnerville Ranchos Gerlach Goldfield Hawthorne Henderson Incline Village Las Vegas Laughlin Lovelock Mesquite Minden North Las Vegas Panaca Pahrump Paradise Pioche Primm Rachel Reno Spanish Springs Sparks Spring Creek Spring Valley Stateline Summerlin South Sun Valley Sunrise Manor Tonopah Virginia City West Wendover Winnemucca Whitney Winchester Yerington

Former counties	Bullfrog Ormsby Roop

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