Official State Birds and Flowers

By Incentive Travel Solutions on October 5, 2011 in Travel Tools & Information

The next time you run out of ideas for a theme, consider tying in room and/or table décor with the officially designated bird or flower of the state in which your event occurs. In other words, use pride of place as a placemat.

State	Bird/Flower
Alabama:	Yellowhammer/Camellia
Alaska:	Willow Ptarmigan/Forget Me Not
Arizona:	Cactus Wren/Saguaro Cactus Blossom
Arkansas:	Mockingbird/Apple Blossom
California:	California Valley Quail/California Poppy
Colorado:	Lark Bunting/Rocky Mountain Columbine
Connecticut:	Robin/Mountain Laurel
Delaware:	Blue Hen Chicken/Peach Blossom
Florida:	Mockingbird/Orange Blossom
Georgia:	Brown Thrasher/Cherokee Rose
Hawaii:	Nene/Pua Aloalo
Idaho:	Mountain Bluebird/Syringa-Mock Orange
Illinois:	Cardinal/Purple Violet
Indiana:	Cardinal/Peony
Iowa:	Eastern Goldfinch/Wild Prairie Rose
Kansas:	Western Meadowlark/Sunflower
Kentucky:	Cardinal/Goldenrod
Louisiana:	Eastern Brown Pelican/Magnolia
Maine:	Chickadee/White Pine Cone and Tassel
Maryland:	Baltimore Oriole/Black-Eyed Susan
Massachusetts:	Chickadee/Trailing-Arbutus
Michigan:	Robin/Apple Blossom
Minnesota:	Common Loon/Pink and White Lady’s Slipper
Mississippi:	Mockingbird/Magnolia
Missouri:	Bluebird/Hawthorn
Montana:	Western Meadowlark/Bitterroot
Nebraska:	Western Meadowlark/Goldenrod
Nevada:	Mountain Bluebird/Sagebrush
New Hampshire:	Purple Finch/Purple Lilac
New Jersey:	Eastern Goldfinch/Violet
New Mexico:	Roadrunner/Yucca Flower
New York:	Bluebird/Rose
North Carolina:	Cardinal/American Dogwood
North Dakota:	Western Meadowlark/Wild Prairie Rose
Ohio:	Cardinal/Scarlet Carnation
Oklahoma:	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher/Mistletoe
Oregon:	Western Meadowlark/Oregon Grape
Pennsylvania:	Ruffed Grouse/Mountain Laurel
Rhode Island:	Rhode Island Red/Violet
South Carolina:	Great Carolina Wren/Yellow Jessamine
South Dakota:	Ring-Necked Pheasant/Pasque Flower
Tennessee:	Mockingbird/Iris
Texas:	Mockingbird/Bluebonnet
Utah:	Common American Gull/Sego Lily
Vermont:	Hermit Thrush/Red Clover
Virginia:	Cardinal/American Dogwood
Washington:	Willow Goldfinch/Coast Rhododendron
West Virginia:	Cardinal/Rhododendron
Wisconsin:	Robin/Wood Violet
Wyoming:	Western Meadowlark/Indian Paintbrush