List of New Mexico state symbols#Flora

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• Flag: Flag of New Mexico ({{dts|1925}}){{cite web|url=http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/us-nm.html|title=New Mexico (U.S.)|publisher=CRW Flags Inc. Store|author1=Rick Wyatt |author2=Joe McMillan |author3=Nick Artimovich |author4=William E. Dunning |author5=Nathan Lamm |author6=Sascha Zimmer |date=2011-06-10|access-date=2011-08-09}}
• Seal: Seal of New Mexico ({{dts|1913}})
• Motto: Crescit eundo, It Grows as it Goes (Latin). ({{dts|1887}}){{cite web|url=http://www.sos.state.nm.us/sos-seal.html|title=Great Seal of New Mexico|publisher=State of New Mexico|access-date=2009-02-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081129110322/http://www.sos.state.nm.us//sos-seal.html|archive-date=2008-11-29|url-status=dead}}{{#tag:ref|Crescit eundo was added to the territorial seal in 1882. This change was officially adopted by the legislature in 1887.|group=N}}
• Nickname: Land of Enchantment; {{langx|es|Tierra del Encanto}}, or {{lang|es|Tierra Encantada}} ({{dts|1999}}){{#tag:ref|"Land of Enchantment" was first coined by Lillian Whiting in a book on the state in 1906. The slogan later appeared on New Mexico license plates in 1941; a trademark was obtained by the state in 1947. It was not until June 18, 1999, that the phrase was adopted as the official nickname.|group=N}}
• Slogan: "Everybody is somebody in New Mexico" (1975)
• Question: "Red or Green?" ({{dts|1999}}) – see New Mexico state question{{#tag:ref|The official state question refers to a question commonly heard at restaurants, where waiters will ask customers "red or green?" in reference to which kind of chili pepper or chile sauce the customers wants served with their meal.|group=N}}
• Answer: "Red and Green" or "Christmas". ({{dts|2007}}){{Cite web|url=http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/answers/nm_red_or_green_or_christmas.htm|title=New Mexico State Answer, Red and Green or Christmas|website=www.netstate.com|publisher= NSTATE, LLC|access-date=2018-09-30}}

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• Capital: Santa Fe ({{dts|1610}}){{#tag:ref|Santa Fe is the oldest capital city in United States and the oldest European community located west of the Mississippi. While Santa Fe was inhabited on a very small scale in 1607, it was truly settled by the conquistador Don Pedro de Peralta in 1609-1610.{{cite web |url=https://www.santafe.org/visiting-santa-fe/about-santa-fe/history/ |title=Santa Fe's History |author= |date= |website=The Official Santa Fe Travel Site |publisher=Tourism Santa Fe |access-date=2024-05-05 }}|group=N}}

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• State Song: O Fair New Mexico, Elizabeth Garrett ({{dts|1917}}){{cite web |url=https://www.sos.nm.gov/about-new-mexico/state-songs/official-state-song-o-fair-new-mexico/ |title=Official State Song – “O Fair New Mexico” |author= |date= |website=New Mexico Office of the Secretary of State |publisher=New Mexico Secretary of State |access-date=2024-05-05}}
• Spanish Language State Song: Así Es Nuevo México, Amadeo Lucero ({{dts|1971}}){{cite web |url=https://www.sos.nm.gov/about-new-mexico/state-songs/spanish-language-state-song-asi-es-nuevo-mexico/ |title=Spanish Language State Song – “Asi Es Nuevo Mexico” |author= |date= |website=New Mexico Office of the Secretary of State |publisher=New Mexico Secretary of State |access-date=2024-05-05}}
• Ballad: Land Of Enchantment, Michael Martin Murphey ({{dts|1989}}){{cite web |url=https://www.sos.nm.gov/about-new-mexico/state-songs/state-ballad-land-of-enchantment/ |title=State Ballad – “Land Of Enchantment” |author= |date= |website=New Mexico Office of the Secretary of State |publisher=New Mexico Secretary of State |access-date=2024-05-05}}
• Bilingual Song: New Mexico - Mi Lindo Nuevo México, Pablo Mares ({{dts|1995}}){{cite web |url=https://www.sos.nm.gov/about-new-mexico/state-songs/state-bilingual-song-mi-lindo-nuevo-mexico/ |title=State Bilingual Song – “Mi Lindo Nuevo Mexico” |author= |date= |website=New Mexico Office of the Secretary of State |publisher=New Mexico Secretary of State |access-date=2024-05-05}}
• Cowboy Song: Under the New Mexico Skies, Syd Masters ({{dts|2009}}){{cite web |url=https://www.sos.nm.gov/about-new-mexico/state-songs/official-cowboy-song-under-the-new-mexico-skies/ |title=Official Cowboy Song – “Under the New Mexico Skies” |author= |date= |website=New Mexico Office of the Secretary of State |publisher=New Mexico Secretary of State |access-date=2024-05-05}}

{{further|List of U.S. state and territory flowers|List of U.S. state and territory trees|List of U.S. state grasses}}

• Flower: Yucca flower{{#tag:ref|No species name is listed in state statutes, however the New Mexico Centennial Blue Book from 2012 references the soaptree yucca (Yucca elata) as one of the more widespread species in New Mexico.|group=N}} ({{dts|1927}}){{cite web |url=https://www.sos.nm.gov/about-new-mexico/state-flower/ |title=State Flower |author= |date= |website=New Mexico Office of the Secretary of State |publisher=New Mexico Secretary of State |access-date=2024-05-05}}
• Tree: Two-needle piñon pine (Pinus edulis) ({{dts|1949}}){{cite web |url=https://www.sos.nm.gov/about-new-mexico/state-tree/ |title=State Tree |author= |date= |website=New Mexico Office of the Secretary of State |publisher=New Mexico Secretary of State |access-date=2024-05-05}}
• Grass: Blue grama (Bouteloua gracillis) ({{dts|1973}}){{cite web |url=https://www.sos.nm.gov/about-new-mexico/state-grass/ |title=State Grass |author= |date= |website=New Mexico Office of the Secretary of State |publisher=New Mexico Secretary of State |access-date=2024-05-05}}

{{further|List of U.S. state foods}}

• Vegetables: Chile (Capsicum annum L.){{#tag:ref|The chile's declared binomial name Capsicum annum L. has over 200 variations within the species. Community sentiment has it that the New Mexico chile (Capsicum annuum 'New Mexico Group') is the official chile, including having this chile appear on one of New Mexico's alternative license plates beginning in 2017.|group=N}} ({{dts|1965}}) and frijoles (pinto beans of the Phaseolus vulgaris family) ({{dts|1965}}){{cite web |url=https://www.sos.nm.gov/about-new-mexico/state-vegetables/ |title=State Vegetables |author= |date= |website=New Mexico Office of the Secretary of State |publisher=New Mexico Secretary of State |access-date=2024-05-05}}
• Cookie: Biscochito ({{dts|1989}}){{cite web |url=https://www.sos.nm.gov/about-new-mexico/state-cookie/ |title=State Cookie |author= |date= |website=New Mexico Office of the Secretary of State |publisher=New Mexico Secretary of State |access-date=2024-05-05}}

• Amphibian: New Mexico spadefoot toad (Spea multiplicata) ({{dts|2003}})
• Animal: New Mexico black bear ({{dts|1963}})
• Bird: Chaparral bird (greater roadrunner) ({{dts|1949}})
• Butterfly: Sandia hairstreak ({{dts|2003}})
• Fish: Rio Grande cutthroat trout ({{dts|1955}})
• Insect: Tarantula hawk wasp (Pepsis grossa) ({{dts|1989}})
• Reptile: New Mexico whiptail lizard (Cnemidophorus neomexicanus) ({{dts|2003}}){{cite web|url=http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Kids_Corner/State_Symbols.aspx#reptile|title=State Symbols: State reptile|access-date=2012-12-27|publisher=Office of the New Mexico Secretary of State}}

• Fossil: Coelophysis ({{dts|1981}})
• Gem: Turquoise ({{dts|1967}})

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• {{cite web|url=https://www.sos.nm.gov/about-new-mexico/state-symbols/|title=State Symbols|access-date=16 January 2024|publisher=New Mexico Office of the Secretary of State}}
• {{cite web|url=https://inaturalist.org/projects/state-symbols-of-new-mexico-in-new-mexico?tab=about|title=state symbols of New Mexico in New Mexico|access-date=2023-11-04|publisher=iNaturalist}}
• {{cite book|title=New Mexico Centennial Blue Book 2012|url=http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Public_Records_And_Publications/NMCentennialBlueBook.pdf|publisher=Office of the New Mexico Secretary of State|author=Office of the New Mexico Secretary of State|access-date=2012-12-27|pages=138–168|chapter=State Symbols|chapter-url=http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Public_Records_And_Publications/NMCentennialBlueBook.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924103924/http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Public_Records_And_Publications/NMCentennialBlueBook.pdf|archive-date=2015-09-24|url-status=dead}} (PDF)

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