Description The North Carolina FantaFairy, Caroline, features many of the official State Symbols and Adoptions as described in the General Statutes of North Carolina. She also features places and other symbols, which are not official, but certainly very representative of North Carolina. These symbols are: Strawberries and blueberries (the official berries), Milk (the official beverage), the Cardinal (the official bird), the shad boat (the official boat), the plot hound (the official dog), the State flag, red and blue (the official colors), the dogwood flower (the official flower), the scuppernong grape (the official grape), the honeybee (the official insect), the gray squirrel (the official mammal), Esse Quam Videri (the official motto), Carolina (from Carolus), Tar Heel State, and the Old North State (official nicknames), the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina, the scotch bonnet (official shell), the emerald (official stone), the pine tree (official tree), the Carolina lily (official wildflower), the wild horses of the Outer Banks, Biltmore Castle in Asheville, The legendary vessel of Blackbeard: Queen Annes revenge, a loggerhead turtle, clown fish to represent the Aquarium in Wilmington, an elephant and a giraffe to represent the zoo on Asheboro, the Wright flyer, a basketball, the DNA helix to represent the biotech and pharmaceutical industry, the binary code to represent technology in North Carolina, the caduceus to represent medicine, Grandfather Mountain, the pirate Blackbeard, vases to represent pottery and a lighthouse to represent the coast.