New Mexico is nicknamed the Land of Enchantment, and entered into Statehood on January 6, 1912. A link to the New Mexico Motor Vehicle Division is here: http://www.mvd.newmexico.gov/license-plates.aspx The New Mexico State Capital is Santa Fe, and the New Mexico State motto is crescit eundo (it grows as it goes). The New Mexico State flower is the yucca (1927). The New Mexico State tree is the pinon (1949). The New Mexico State animal is the black bear (1963). The New Mexico State bird is the roadrunner (1949). The New Mexico State fish is the cutthroat trout (1955). The New Mexico State gem is the turquoise (1967). The New Mexico State song is O Fair New Mexico; (1917). The New Mexico State poem is A Nuevo Mexico; (1991). The New Mexico State grass is blue gramma (1973). The New Mexico State fossil is the coelophysis (1981). The New Mexico State insect is the tarantula hawk wasp (1989). The New Mexico State ballad is Land of Enchantment; (1989).
