State Bird: Cardinal (1949); State Tree: Sugar Maple (1949); State Flower: Rhododendron (1903);
Animal:
black
bear (1973); Colors:
blue
and gold (official) (1863); Songs:
“West
Virginia, My Home Sweet Home,” “The West Virginia
Hills,” and “This Is My West Virginia” (adopted
by Legislature in 1947, 1961, and 1963 as official state songs)
