List of Kansas state symbols
The following is a list of symbols of the U.S. state of Kansas.
State symbols
- Kansas state amphibian: barred tiger salamander (Ambystoma mavortium)
- Kansas state bird: western meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)
- Kansas state flag: Flag of the State of Kansas
- Kansas state flower: wild sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
- Kansas state insect: western honey bee (Apis mellifera mellifera)
- Kansas state animal: American bison (Bison bison)
- Kansas state motto: Ad astra per aspera (Latin for To the stars through difficulties)
- Kansas state nickname: Sunflower State
- Kansas state reptile: ornate box turtle (Terrapene ornata ornata)
- Kansas state seal: Great Seal of the State of Kansas
- Kansas state soil: Harney silt loam website (unofficial)
- Kansas state song: "Home on the Range"
- Kansas state grass: little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
- Kansas state tree: plains cottonwood (Populus sargentii)
- United States quarter dollar - buffalo (American bison) and sunflower
