The flowering dogwood was chosen as Missouri’s official tree.
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The eastern bluebird became our state bird. This red, white, and blue species is different from the all-blue western bluebird.
The hawthorn was selected as our state flower on this date in 1923.
Big bluestem was named by the state legislature as our official grass. This followed the lobbying efforts of fourth graders at Truman Elementary school in Rolla.
Students from Lee’s Summit got the crinoid named Missouri’s official fossil. The little animal that looked like a plant lived in the ocean that once covered Missouri.