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. [1] [2]
| Type | Symbol | Date | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flag | Flag of Mississippi | 2021 [3] |  |
| Seal | Seal of Mississippi | 2014 [4] |  |
| Coat of arms | Coat of arms of Mississippi | 2001 [5] |  |
| Motto | Virtute et armis (Latin for "By valor and arms") | ||
| Nicknames | The Magnolia State, The Hospitality State |
| Type | Symbol | Date | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flower | Magnolia | 1900 [6] |  |
| Tree | Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) | 1952 [6] |  |
| Fruit | Blueberry | 2023 [7] |  |
| Type | Symbol | Date | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bird | Northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) | 1944 [8] |  |
| Butterfly | Spicebush swallowtail (Papilio troilus) | 1991 [9] |  |
| Fish | Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) | 1974 [10] |  |
| Fossil | Prehistoric whales ( Basilosaurus cetoides and Zygorhiza kochii ) | 1981 [11] |  |
| Insect | Western honey bee (Apis mellifera) | 1980 [12] |  |
| Land Mammals | White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) | 1974 [13] [2] |  |
| Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) | 1997 [2] |  | |
| Marine mammal | Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) | 1974 [13] |  |
| Waterfowl | Wood duck (Aix sponsa) | 1974 [14] |  |
| Reptile | American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) | 1987 [15] |  |
| Shell | Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) | 1974 |  |
| Type | Symbol | Date | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dance | Square dance | 1995 [16] |  |
| Soil | Natchez silt loam | 2003 [17] | |
| Song | One Mississippi | 2022 [2] | |
| Stone | Petrified wood | 1976 |  |
| Toy | Teddy bear | 2003 [18] |  |
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