Welcome to Minnesota! (Continued below)
Nicknames & Slogans | |||
Nicknames | The North Star State, Land of 10,000 Lakes, Gopher State, Bread and Butter State | ||
Symbols of State | |||
Motto | L’Étoile du Nord | 1861 | > |
Song | Hail! Minnesota! | 1945 | > |
EcoSymbols | |||
Flower | pink and white lady slipper (Cypripedium reginae) | 1902 | > |
(former) | lady slipper (Cyprideum calceolous) | 1893 | |
Tree | red or Norway pine (Pinus resinosa) | 1953 | > |
Grain | wild rice (Zizania palustris) | 1977 | > |
Fruit | Honeycrisp apple (Malus domestica) | 2006 | > |
Berry | blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium) | 1988 | > |
Mushroom | morel (Morchella esculenta) | 1984 | > |
Bird | common loon (Gavia immer) | 1961 | > |
Fish | walleye (Sander vitreus) | 1965 | > |
Butterfly | monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) | 2000 | > |
Bee | rusty-patched bumblebee (Bombus affinis) | 2019 | > |
Gemstone | Lake Superior agate | 1969 | > |
Soil | Lester | 2012 | > |
Cultural Symbols | |||
Sport | ice hockey | 2009 | > |
Muffin | blueberry muffin | 1998 | > |
Beverage | milk ![]() |
1984 | > |
Tartan | Minnesota Tartan | 2002 | > |
Photograph | Grace | 2002 | > |
Minnesota …

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