Striped Skunk

Mephitis mephitis

Wild Boar

Sus scrofa

White-tailed Deer

Odocoileus virginianus

Mourning Dove

Zenaida macroura

Northern Bobwhite Quail

Colinus virginianus

Battle of Moores Creek Bridge

Battle of Guilford Courthouse

Mink

Mustela vison

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Blount Hall

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Dobbs County

The Lowry War

Black Bear

Ursus americanus

Old Baldy Lighthouse

Bute County

Barfield, Margie Velma (née Bullard)

Tryon County

Peterson, Charles Augustus

Foster, Allen

Syriani, Elias Hanna

Hunt, James Baxter, Jr.

Oak Island Lighthouse

State of North Carolina Popular Dance: Shagging

State Colors of North Carolina: Red and Blue

State Christmas Tree of North Carolina: Fraser Fir

State Carnivorous Plant of North Carolina: Venus Flytrap

State Vegetable of North Carolina: Sweet Potato

State Wildflower of North Carolina: Carolina Lily

State Tree of North Carolina: Pine

State Tartan of North Carolina: Carolina Tartan

State Precious Stone of North Carolina: Emerald

Official Salute to the Flag of North Carolina

State Song of North Carolina: "The Old North State"

State Reptile: Eastern Box Turtle

State Birthplace of North Carolina Traditional Pottery: Seagrove Area

State Names and Nicknames

State Motto of North Carolina: Esse Quam Videri

State Fruit of North Carolina: Scuppernong Grape

State Freshwater Trout of North Carolina: Southern Appalachian Brook Trout

Salvelinus fontinalis

Food Festival of the North Carolina Piedmont Triad: Lexington Barbecue Festival

State Bird of North Carolina: Cardinal

Sanford, Terry