Illinois

:This article is about the State of Illinois. See Illinois (disambiguation) for other uses.

State symbols

• State animal: White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
• State bird: Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
• State capital: Springfield
• State dance: Square dance
• State fish: Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus)
• State flower: Purple violet (Viola sororia)
• State fossil: Tully Monster (Tullimonstrum gregarium)
• State insect: Monarch butterfly
• State mineral: Fluorite
• State motto: "State sovereignty, national union"
• State prairie grass: Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)
• State slogan: "Land of Lincoln"
• State snack: Popcorn
• State soil: Drummer Silty Clay Loam
• State song: "Illinois"
• State tree: White oak (Quercus alba)