The Colorado Lark Bunting is six to seven inches tall with black and white feathers. It lives in the plains regions. It has a mating call. The Lark Bunting is known for it’s unique behavior of flying south for the winter. The Lark Bunting is important in the state of Colorado because they are beautiful and the people love them. The Lark Bunting became the state bird of Colorado on April 9, 1931.

The Colorado Columbine is two feet tall with white and lavender petals. It grows in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. The Columbine is known for attracting hummingbirds. The Columbine is important in the state of Colorado, and the people are trying to protect it from destruction and waste. The Columbine became the state flower of Colorado on April 4, 1899.

The Blue Spruce is 90 to 135 feet tall with yellow leaves. It grows in Colorado near small, scattered groves where mountains are 6,000 to 11,000 feet tall! The blue spruce is known for its colorful leaves. The blue spruce is important in the state of Colorado, because lots of people use them for Christmas trees. The blue spruce became the state tree of Colorado on March 7, 1939.

The Colorado flag has a blue background with a white stripe across the middle. The blue represents the color of the sky and one of the colors of the state flower, the columbine. The white represents the snow on the Rocky Mountains and the other color of the state flower. A red letter C appears on the left hand side of the flag. It stands for colorful and also for Centennial, because Colorado became a state on the 100 anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. In the middle of the letter C there is a yellow circle that stands for the gold that was discovered in 1858 by Green Russell. It also stands for sunshine. The Colorado flag was adopted on June 15, 1911.

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