- The Cornhusker State
State Nickname - Cottonwood
State Tree - Seal of Nebraska
State Seal - Flag of Nebraska
State Flag - Holdrege Soil
State Soil - Equality Before the Law
State Motto - Western Meadowlark
State Bird - Goldenrod
State Flower - Honeybee
State Insect - White-tailed Deer
State Mammal - Milk
State Beverage - Lincoln
State Capital - Channel Catfish
State Fish - Square Dance
State Folk Dance - Mammoth
State Fossil - Blue Chalcedony
State Gemstone - Little Bluestem
State Grass - Origin of "Nebraska"
State Name Origin - John G. Neihardt
State Poet Laureate - Platte River
State River - Prairie Agate
State Rock - Kool-Aid
State Soft Drink - Beautiful Nebraska
State Song - A Place Like Nebraska
State Song (Ballad)