SIX NATIONAL FLAGS FLOWN OVER TEXAS Slate Name and Mono: Texas or Trio: is itie Spanish version ora Cadilo lndiai-i term meaning friends" or allies." From that word were derived not only the name or rlie slate but also its mollo. Friendsh State Tree: The Pecan The maiestic and bountilal Hlmrin perm was made stare rree by act of die Legislature in 1919. Found in river valleys ihroayiout most or Texas, the pecan has been prized for its nuts since colonial times. For some years pecan irees were heavily cur, rheir strong, resilient wood was used in wagon parts and rann implement handles More reeenlly. ihe value of she pecan harvesl (some :30 million in 1972) has helped Spain, 5943]] pmlecl the trees against ovcfcunlng. Perhaps ttie decisive Republic of Texas, I836-IS48 factor in the enoipe of the peean as state tree was rlie request by Govemor James Sreplren Hogs trial a peean be planted at his gave. Sure Flower: The Bluebonnet ln spiie of lhe botanical name or one variety, Lupin rexensis. rhe bluebomael is apparently no! nalive to Texas. Seeds of Texas's rsl bluebonneis are shot-phi so have been slowed away in shipmcnis of grain clover irom rhe * Mediterranean. The Texas Legislarure ori nally declared one pariicular speeies, Lupiulu rubmrrlmlu, to be the slate ower. but a 1971 resolution gave recognition to any varieiy or bluebonnet The plant, a typical lupine, generally blooms in Maren and is especially common on ttie limey clays a! Central Texas. Stale Bird: The Mockingbird Tlie dull~ieatliered but vocally brilliant Mirnur polygloua: France, 585476} was named state bird in 1927. There are two subspecies of Texas mockingbirds, very similar in appearance. The bird is remarkable as a vocal mimic. An individual mockingbird may have a reperi ' nf marry or more songs, each song is repeated two or zhree times, arrer wtiien a dirlerent song is begun. Tlie bird s remarkably aggressive in lhe words or the Texas Federation oi Womens Clubs in a reselarion sponsoring rlie mockingbird as slaie birds it is n fighter ror rlie protection or his home, railing, ilneed be, in irsderense. like any true Texan." Stale Grass: sideoazs Grams Slue Gem: Topaz Sllle sons: Tun, cur Terror," by William 1. Mush and Gladys Voairam Wright 4 State Holidays: Texas lndependenee Day (March 21 and San 4 . Mexico, mil-1836 laeinio Dzy(Apri|21) United States of America, INS-Present (Current national nap)