New Mexico - School-Age
New Mexico
47th State (January 6, 1912), the southwest U.S.
State Abbreviation: NM
Capital: Santa Fe
Origin of name: From the country of Mexico.
Motto: "Crescit Eundo" (It Grows As It Goes)
Nickname: Land of Enchantment
New Mexico State Symbols
New Mexico: State Seal
Aircraft: Hot Air Balloon
Amphibian: New Mexico Spadefoot
Ballad: The Land of Enchantment
Bird: Greater Roadrunner
Bolo Tie: Bolo Tie
Butterfly: Coelophysis
Colors: Red and Yellow
Cookie: Biscochito
Cowboy Song: Under the New Mexico Skies
Fish: Cutthroat Trout
Flower: Yucca
Fossil: Coelophysis
Gem: Turquoise
Grass: Blue Grama
Guitar: New Mexico sunrise
Insect: Tarantula Hawk Wasp
Mammal: Black Bear
Necklace: Squash Blossom Necklace
Poem: To New Mexico
Poem-Spanish: A Nuevo México
Reptile: New Mexico Whiptail
Train: Cumbres & Toltec Railroad
Tree: Pinon Pine
Vegetables: Chile & Frijoles (Pinto Beans)
