Symbolism of Animals/Plants

I found this wonderful bit of information from SymbolArt.com. This list includes both animals and plants. Its origins are both Celtic and Native American in nature.

Abundance - buffalo
Accomplisment - swisher
Achievement - ram
Action - antelope
Action, direct - reed
adaptability - pronghorn
Agressiveness - badger
Attention to detail - mouse

Balance - hare
Banishing - elder tree
Beauty - swan
Beauty, hidden - frog
Beneficence - bull
Best in the fight - holly tree
Big picture - hawk
Binding - grape vine
Birth - armadillo
Boundaries - armadillo
Breakthrough - ram
Breath/Life energy - adder
Builder - beaver

Call to travel - goose
Calm - kingfisher
Camoflage - fox
Capable of reaching great heights - eagle
Celebration - bee
Change - owl
Chastity - hawthorn tree
Chattery - swallow
Cheerful - chickadee, meadowlark
Choice of beauty - apple tree
Clairvoyance - owl
Cleansing - hawk, frog, birch tree, hawthorn tree
Collector - magpie
Comforting - duck
Communication - seagull, catbird
Communication, unspoken - stork
Community - bee, prairie dog
Community Peace - martin
Completeness - alder tree
Conceptual - lizard
Confidence - bluebird
Connection - water dragon
Connection with nature - goldfinch
Courage - eagle
Creation through focus - crane
Creativity - spider
Critical, Discerning - owl
Cunning - fox
Cunning (with humility) - wren

Deception - owl
Delight - spindle tree
Depth - water dragon
Detachment - cat
Detail, attention to - mouse
Dexterity - racoon
Dilemma - seal
Diplomacy - fox
Direct Action - reed
Direction - boar
Discerning - owl
Discipline - ant
Discriminating - armadillo
Disguise - raccoon
Diversion - opossum
Doorway to mystery - oak tree
Dreams - lizard
Dreams, realizing - loon

Emotional - swan
Empathy - armadillo
Empowerment - rowan tree
Energy - fire dragon
Energy, female - otter, moose
Enlightenment - grouse, spindle tree
Ethereal - nuthatch
Everlasting - yew tree
Exorcism - elder tree, ivy

Faith - porcupine
Faith, grounded - nuthatch
Family relationships - grosbeak
Farseeing - giraffe, silver fir tree
Fate - blackthorn tree
Fate, new - cuckoo
Fear - rabbit
Feminimity - hind
Fertility - goose, chicken, rabbit, reed, willow tree, hawthorn tree, grape vine
Fidelity - goose
Financial wealth - bull
Fool - coyote
Fulfillment - bluebird, hawk

Gateway, the - blackbird
Gathering - squirrel
Generosity - sow
Gentleness - deer, waxwing
God, the - wren
Goddess, the - cow, horse, turtle, alligator
Good luck - martin
Grace - swan
Gracefullness - hind, duck
Grounded - turtle, nuthatch
Growth, new - robin, flicker
Guardianship - cat
Guidence - dog

Happiness - bluebird
Healing - adder, raven
Healing love - flicker HEALING POWER OF SONG AND VOICE - canary
Healing of old wounds - grosbeak
Helpfullness - otter
Helps rebirth - aspen (white poplar) tree
Hidden secret - honeysuckle
Holistic - ash tree
Humility - wren

Illumination - eagle
Illusion - dragonfly
Imagination - loon
Independance - stag
Infinity - goose
Initiation- raven
Inner and outer worlds - ash tree
Inner journey - meadowlark
Innocence - porcupine
Insight - air dragon
Inspiration - air dragon, salmon
Integration - fox
Intelligence - eagle
Interpersonal - otter
Introspection - bear
Intuition - hare
Intuition with instinct - bear

Jokester - coyote
Joy - otter, hummingbird

Knowledge of the occult - magpie
Knowledge, old - beech tree

Land, the - horse
Language - catbird
Law, sacred - crow
Leadership - boar
Learning - wolf
Life energy/breath - adder
life force, primal - hawk
link to inner self - heather, mistletoe
Longevity- crane Longing - seal
Love - seal, swan
Love, healing - flicker
Loyalty - dog
Luck, good - martin

Macrocosm and Microcosm - ash tree
Magic - raven
Magical - crow
Manifestation - hazel tree
Masks - raccoon
Mastery - fire dragon
Maternal - duck, the Sea
Maternity - dove
Medicine - frog
Mental agility - kestrel, roadrunner
Messenger - hawk
Metamorphis - butterfly, beetle
Modesty - bluebird
Motherhood - cow
Mulyiplicity - finch
Musical - canary
Mystic - blackbird, swan

Nature, connection with - goldfinch
New experiences and encounters - finch
Night vision - willow tree
Nobility - hawk, sparrow
Non-competitive - pelican
Nourishment - cow

Observant - hawk
Opportunities- catbird
Oracular - alder tree
Order - ant
Organization - bee, mouse

Parenthood - goose
Passion - water dragon
Pathfinder - wolf
Patience - crane, ant
Peace - kingfisher, dove
Peace within a community - martin
Perception - lizard
Personal power - earth dragon, horse
Personal Protection - oak tree
Personal vision - grouse
Plan ahead - squirrel
Play - otter
Positive Purpose - oak tree
Potency - bull
Power of song and grace - canary
Power, personal - earth dragon, horse
Power, primal - bear
Power, productive - goose
Power, proper use of - blue jay
Power, unearthly - horse
Prayer - buffalo
Prepared - squirrel
Prevention of illness - aspen (white poplar) tree
Pride - stag
Primal life force - hawk
Prophesy - dove, grape vine
Prosperity - kingfisher
Protection - dog, raven
Protection against enchantment - rowan tree
Protection of children - birch tree
Protection, personal - armadillo
Protection, solid - oak tree
Protective - duck
Purification - stag, vulture

Quantitative - inchworm
Quest, call to - goose
Rebirth - hare, bat
Recollection - hawk
Record keeper - whale
Rejuvination - salmon
Renewal - eagle
Renewed Vitality - cardinal
Reputation - skunk
Respect - skunk
Responsibility - seagull
Resurrection - beetle, cock
Riches - earth dragon

Sacred spiral - chickadee
Scrutiny - mouse
Sea, the - the Sea
Secret knowledge - crane, lynx
Seeker of truth - chickadee
Self, search for - ivy
Self-awareness - blackbird
Self-control - rowan tree
Self-determination - heron
Self-esteem - moose
Self-reliance - heron
Self-respect - skunk
Self-sacrifice - pelican
Sensitivity - frog
Sensuality - cat
Servant - dog
Service - dog
Sexuality - cock
Shadow, the - wolf, lizard
Shape shifter -crow
Sociable - starling
Song - canary
Soul - swan
Sovereignty - bear
Spiral of the self - ivy
Spirit - eagle
Spirituality - eagle
Stamina - elk
Stealth - weasel
Stillness - praying mantis
Story telling - goose
Straight to the source - hazel tree
Strength - oak tree
Sublimination - meadowlark
Subtlety - hind
Surefooted - mountain goat
Sweetness and delight - spindle tree

Teacher - wolf
Technical - road runner
Transformation - adder, butterfly, frog
Transmutation - fire dragon
Travel - horse
Travel, call to - goose, the Sea
Trickster - coyote
Trusting - porcupine

Understanding the energies of mother nature - blackbird
Unselfish - pelican

Verbal - swallow
Vigilance - goose
Vision, personal - grouse
Vitality - air dragon
Vitality, renewed - cardinal
Voice - canary

Warrior spirit - boar, elk
Watchfullness - crow, cock
Way to inner knowledge - honeysuckle
Wealth - bull
Weaving - spider
Wildness - fox
Willfull - magpie
Willing - magpie
Wisdom - owl, moose, salmon, nuthatch