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Tennessee designated "My Homeland, Tennessee" as an official state song in 1925; words by Nell Grayson Taylor and music by Roy Lamont Smith. Official Tennessee Songs - All State Songs

Tennessee designated "When it's Iris Time in Tennessee" by Willa Waid Newman as an official state song in 1935 (iris is also a state flower of Tennessee). Official Tennessee Songs - All State Songs

Nevada designated "Silver State Fanfare" by Gerald Willis as the official state march in 2001 (Nevada also recognizes an official state song). All State Songs

Montana designated bluebunch wheatgrass (Agropyron spicatum) as the official state grass in 1973 (also the state grass of Washington). All State Plants & Grasses

Montana designated the blackspotted cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki) as the official state fish in 1977. All State Fish

Also called westslope cutthroat trout and Yellowstone cutthroat trout, the blackspotted cutthroat trout is native to Montana. According to Montana Outdoors Magazine;

Montana designated the campus of the University of Montana - Missoula as the official state arboretum in 1991. All State Arboretums - All State Flowers

Montana designated "Montana Lullaby" by Ken Overcast and Wylie Gustafson as the official state lullaby in 2007. The lullaby was championed by a Billings, Montana country radio DJ and a director of the Yellowstone County Museum. Montana also recognizes a state song and a state ballad. All State Songs

South Dakota designated the American pasque (Pulsatilla hirsutissima) as the official state flower in 1903. All State Flowers

Pasque (or pasqueflower) is a solitary tallgrass prairie flower that grows wild throughout South Dakota. Also called the May Day flower, prairie crocus, wind flower, Easter flower, and meadow anemone, the lovely lavender pasque is one of the first flowers to bloom in the spring, often before the winter snows have thawed. Pasque flowers were used as a medicine by Native Americans for centuries.

Students from Jefferson School in Helena were instrumental in getting the bill passed to have "Montana Melody" (by LeGrande Harvey and Carleen Harvey) adopted as the official state ballad of Montana in 1983. Montana also has an official state song and a state lullaby. All State Songs

Montana designated an official state song in 1945; "Montana," composed in 1910 (lyrics by Charles Cohan and melody by Joseph E. Howard). Montana also recognizes a state ballad and a state lullaby. All State Songs