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- Animal
- California grizzly bear (Ursus californicus)
- Area
- 163,707 square miles (155,973 square land miles, 7,734 square water miles)
- Bird
- California Valley Quail
- Dance
- West Coast Swing Dancing
- Economy
- Agriculture: Vegetables, fruits and nuts, dairy products, cattle, nursery stock, grapes.
- Industry: Electronic components and equipment, aerospace, film production, food processing, petroleum, computers and computer software, tourism.
- Fish
- golden trout (Salmo agua-bonita)
- Flag
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- Flower
- California Poppy
- Fossil
- sabre-tooth cat (Smilodon californicus)
- Gemstone
- Benitoite, also called "blue diamond"
- Geographic Center
- 38 miles East of Madera
- Highest Point
- Mt. Whitney at 14,494 feet
- Insect
- California dogface butterfly (Zerene eurydice)
- Lowest Point
- Death Valley at 282 feet below sea level
- Mineral
- gold
- Motto
- "Eureka" ("I have found it")
- Nickname
- Golden State
- Seal
- Song
- "I Love You, California" (Click to listen to state song)
- words by F.B. Silverwood
- music by A.F. Frankenstein
- Statehood
- September 9, 1850
- Tree
- Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) and Giant Redwood (Sequoia gigantea)