Symbols of State > | ||
Nicknames | The Magnolia State, Bayou State, Mud-cat State | |
Motto | Virtute et Armis | 1894 |
Song | Go, Mississippi | 1962 |
EcoSymbols > | ||
Flower | magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) | 1952 |
Wildflower | Coreopsis | 1991 |
Tree | magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) | 1938 |
Bird | mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) | 1944 |
Waterfowl | wood duck (Aix sponsa) | 1974 |
Land Mammal | white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) | 1974 |
Land Mammal | red fox (Vulpes vulpes) | 1997 |
Water Mammal | bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) | 1974 |
Reptile | American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) | 2005 |
Fish | largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) | 1974 |
Insect | honeybee (Apis mellifera) |
1980 |
Butterfly | spicebush swallowtail (Battus philenor) | 1991 |
Shell | oyster shell (Crassostrea virginica) | 1974 |
Soil | Natchez Silt Loam | 2003 |
Fossil † | prehistoric whales Basilosaurus cetoides and Zygorhiza kochii | 1981 |
Stone | petrified wood (Plantae) | 1976 |
Cultural Symbols > | ||
Toy | Teddy Bear | 2002 |
Natural Science Museum | The Mississippi Game and Fish Commission’s Mississippi Museum of Natural Science | 1974 |
Wildlife Heritage Museum | Mississippi Wildlife Heritage Museum in Leland | 2016 |
Historical Industrial Museum | The Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum, Inc, | 2004 |
Automobile Museum | The Tupelo Auto Museum, Inc, | 2003 |
Beverage | milk |
1984 |
American Folk Dance | square dance |
1995 |
Grand Opera House | Grand Opera House of Meridian | 1993 |
Flag Salute | 1972 | |
Language | English |
1987 |
Mississippi Symbols ˆ
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