The following is a list of state symbols of the U.S. state of Mississippi, as defined by state statutes in Title 1, Section 3 of the Mississippi Code of 1972 and listed in the Mississippi Official & Statistical Register.
Insignia
Type Symbol Date Image Flag Flag of Mississippi Seal Seal of Mississippi Coat of arms Coat of arms of Mississippi Motto Virtute et armis (Latin for "By valor and arms") Nicknames The Magnolia State, The Hospitality State
Flora Type Symbol Date Image Flower Magnolia 1900 Tree Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) 1952 Fruit Blueberry 2023
Fauna Type Symbol Date Image Bird Northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Butterfly Spicebush swallowtail (Papilio troilus) State Symbols , p. 4. Office of the Secretary of State of Mississippi. Retrieved 2008-03-29 Fish Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) Fossil Prehistoric whales (Basilosaurus cetoides and Zygorhiza kochii) Insect Western honey bee (Apis mellifera) State Symbols , p. 4. Office of the Secretary of State of Mississippi. Land Mammals White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Shearer, Benjamin F. & Barbara S. Shearer. State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols: A Historical Guide. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2002. 235. Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) Marine mammal Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Waterfowl Wood duck (Aix sponsa) Reptile American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) p. 313 Shell Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica)
Other Type Symbol Date ImageDance Square dance Soil Natchez silt loam Song One Mississippi by Steve Azar 2022Stone Petrified wood Toy Teddy bear TartanTartan (pattern for Celtic wear such as Kilts)2026
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