Ffft. When it comes to meaningless symbolism, those other states ain't got nothing on Texas:
Bird: Mockingbird
Mammal (large): Texas Longhorn
Mammal (Small): Armadillo
Flying mammal: Mexican Free-tailed bat
Insect: Monarch butterfly
Reptile: Horned Lizard
Fish: Guadalupe Bass
Shell: Lightning Whelk
Flower: Bluebonnet
Plant: Prickly Pear Cactus
Tree: Pecan
Grass: Sideoats grama
Shrub: Chinese crepe myrtle
Fruit: Red grapefruit
Vegetable: Sweet onion
Fiber: cotton
Dinosaur: Pleurocoelus
Stone: Petrified Palmwood
Gem: Blue Topaz
Any of you other guys got a state fiber? Didn't think so.
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