Texas designated the
mockingbird as official state bird in 1927. The
Texas legislature noted that the mockingbird:
"...is found in all parts of the State, in winter and
in summer, in the city and in the country, on the
prairie and in the woods and hills...is a singer of
distinctive type, a fighter for the protection of his
home, falling, if need be, in its defense, like any true
Texan..."
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The bluebonnet was designated the official
state flower of Texas in 1901. Also called buffalo clover, wolf
flower, and el conejo (spanish for "the rabbit"), bluebonnets
are to Texas what the shamrock is to Ireland. The bluebonnet
flower is named for the color and sunbonnet-shaped petals. The
bluebonnet is not only the state flower - Texas has also
designated an official bluebonnet
tartan,
song,city
(Ennis, Texas), festival (Chappell Hill Bluebonnet Festival),
and trail (also in Ennis). The bluebonnet flower is named for
the color and sunbonnet-shaped petals
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