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Motto: Liberty and Prosperity
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Bird: Eastern Goldfinch
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Flower: Common Violet (viola sororia)
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Origin of Name: From the Channel Isle of Jersey
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Tree: Red Oak
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State Insect: Honeybee
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Unofficial State Song: I'm from New Jersey
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Shell: Knobbed Whelk (busycon carica gmelin)
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Dance: Square Dance
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Fish: Brook Trout
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Animal: Horse (equus caballus)
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Dinosaur: Hadrosaurus Foulkii
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State Capital: Trenton
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Nickname: Garden State
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3rd State | Entered Union December 18, 1787
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