- The Tar Heel State
State Nickname - Seal of North Carolina
State Seal - Origin of "North Carolina"
State Name Origin - Flag of North Carolina
State Flag - North Carolina Quarter
State Quarter - Carolina Tartan
State Tartan - Esse quam videri
State Motto - Gray Squirrel
State Mammal - Dogwood
State Flower - Eastern Box Turtle
State Reptile - Stock Car Racing
State Sport - Pine Tree
State Tree - Honeybee
State Insect - Northern Cardinal
State Bird - Red and Blue
State Colors - Clay
State Art Medium - Strawberry and Blueberry
State Berries - Milk
State Beverage - Blueberry
State Blue Berry - Raleigh
State Capital - Venus Flytrap
State Carnivorous Plant - Fraser Fir
State Christmas Tree - Plott Hound
State Dog - Festivals
State Festivals - Whirligigs by Vollis Simpson
State Folk Art - Clogging
State Folk Dance - Megalodon Shark Teeth
State Fossil - Southern Appalachian Brook Trout
State Freshwater Fish - Pine Barrens Treefrog
State Frog - Scuppernong Grape
State Fruit - Shad Boat
State Historical Boat - Colonial Spanish Mustang
State Horse - English
State Language - Virginia Opossum
State Marsupial - Oak Ridge Military Academy
State Military Academy - Gold
State Mineral - Dublin Peanut Festival
State Peanut Festival - Shag
State Popular Dance - Seagrove Area
State Pottery Birthplace - Emerald
State Precious Stone - Strawberry
State Red Berry - Granite
State Rock - Marbled Salamander
State Salamander - Channel Bass
State Saltwater Fish - Scotch Bonnet
State Shell - The Old North State
State Song - Thalian Association
State Theater - A Toast
State Toast - Sweet Potato
State Vegetable - Carolina Lily
State Wildflower