The California Quail is 24 to 28 centimeters tall with plump, gray, creamy white spots and golden brown feathers. It lives in broken shrubs or small trees, woodland edges, coastal scrub, parks, estates, and farms. It has a three-syllable song, and it also makes light clucking noises. The California Quail is known for its hardiness and its adaptability. The California Quail is important in the state of California because it is a prized game bird. The California Quail became the state bird of California on January 21, 1931..   

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The Golden Poppy is 50 to 60 centimeters tall with yellow to orange petals. It grows in San Francisco meadows in spring and also on jagged mountains, redwood forests, and on beaches. The golden poppy is known for carpeting the meadows in spring and for its beauty. The Golden Poppy is important in the state of California because of its beauty. The Golden Poppy became the state flower of California on March 2,1903.  

The Redwood tree is 300 feet tall with dark green leaves. It grows in northern California, Death Valley, and Southern Oregon. The Redwood is known for being the tallest tree in America. The Redwood is important to California because it is very, very, tall. It can grow as high as 379 feet tall, and can be 26 feet in diameter. A Redwood tree can live to be about 2,000 years old. It also is named after Sequoia, the Native American who wrote the Cherokee language. The Redwood became the state tree of California in 1770.

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The California flag has a white background with a red stripe along the bottom. The words “California Republic” appear on the white field. These words mean that the first pioneers who settled in California called it their own Republic. There is also a picture of a grizzly bear standing on grass. There were many grizzly bears in California, but they are now extinct. The bear is a symbol of courage and strength. This is important in the state of California because William Todd, a pioneer painted it on a white cloth in 1846. Unfortunately it was ruined in an earthquake, but later, it was remade into what it is today. There is also a picture of a star. This is a symbol of the California Lone Star. This is important to the state of California because it is a symbol of the pioneers’ independent attitude. The California flag was adopted in 1911.

  
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