Mississippi State Emblems & Symbols


The Great Seal
State Flag
State Coat-of-Arms
State Nicknames
The Magnolia State
The Hospitality State
State Song
"Go Mississippi"
State Motto
Virtute et Armis
(Latin for "By Valor and Arms")
State Flower and Tree
Magnolia
State Water Mammal
Bottlenose Dolphin
State Butterfly
Spicebush Swallowtail
State Stone
Petrified Wood
State Bird
Mockingbird
State Waterfowl
Wood Duck
State Insect
Honeybee
State Dance
Square-Dancing
State Land Mammal
Red Fox
State Fish
Largemouth Bass
State Shell
Oyster Shell
State Soil
Natchez Silt Loam
State Land Mammal
White-Tailed Deer
State Reptile
American Alligator
State Fossil
Prehistoric Whale
State Wildflower
Coreopsis