Oregon

Oregon is a state located on the United States' northwest, and bordering the Pacific Ocean, California, Washington, Idaho, and Nevada. Its northern border lies along the Columbia River and the east along the Snake River. Two north-south mountain ranges - the Coastal Range and the Cascade Mountain Range - form the two boundaries of the Willamette Valley, one of the most fertile and agriculturally productive regions in the world. Oregon is known for its abundant rainfall, but only the western 35% of the state and a bit of northeastern Oregon is notably rainy; east of the Cascades the climate is much more arid. Nonetheless, 40% of the state is or was forested.

State symbols

:State flower: Oregon grape (since 1899)

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State flower - Oregon grape

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:State song: Oregon, My Oregon (written in 1920 and adopted in 1927)

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State song - Oregon, My Oregon

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:State bird: Western meadowlark (chosen by the state's children in 1927)

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State bird - Western meadowlark

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:State tree: Douglas-fir (since 1939)

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State tree - Douglas-fir

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:State fish: Chinook salmon (since 1961)

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State fish - Chinook salmon

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:State rock: Thunderegg (like a geode but formed in a rhyolitic lava flow; since 1965)

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State rock - Thunderegg - Geode - Rhyolitic - Lava flow

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:State animal: Beaver (since 1969)

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State animal - Beaver

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:State dance: Square Dance (Adopted in 1977)

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State dance - Square Dance

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:State insect: Oregon Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio oregonius; since 1979)

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State insect - Swallowtail Butterfly

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:State gemstone: Oregon sunstone, a type of feldspar (since 1987)

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State gemstone - Oregon sunstone - Feldspar

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:State nut: Hazelnut (since 1989)

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:State seashell: Oregon hairy triton (Fusitriton oregonensis, a gastropod in the cymatiidae family; since 1991)

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Oregon hairy triton - Gastropod - Cymatiidae

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:State mushroom: Pacific Golden Chanterelle (since 1999)

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:State beverage: Milk (since 1997)

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State beverage - Milk

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