State Symbols
State Bird: Mockingbird
Coat of Arms:
State Flower and Tree: Magnolia
State Seal:
State Flag:
State Toy
On March 13, 2003, bill 834 was signed by the governor making the Teddy
Bear the official state toy of Mississippi. The Teddy Bear came into being
after a bear hunt in Onward, Mississippi, that President Theodore (Teddy)
Roosevelt attended.
Car Tag:
Click on the car tag if you would like to order a sample tag.
State Beverage: Milk
State Butterfly: Spicebush Swallowtail
State Dance: Square Dance
State Fish: Largemouth or Black Bass (Micropters salmoides)
State Fossil: The Prehistoric Whale
State Insect: Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
State Land Mammal: Whitetailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
State Reptile: Alligator
State Shell: Oyster Shell (Crassostrea virginica)
State Song: GO MISSISSIPPI, written
by Houston Davis
State Stone: Petrified Wood
State Water Fowl: Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
State Water Mammal: Bottlenosed Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
State Wildflower: Coriopsis
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