This author has contributed to the following articles in the Encyclopedia.Magnolia, SouthernThe southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora), with its shiny, heavy, evergreen leaves and its fragrant, creamy-white blossoms, is one of the…Mississippi Sandhill CraneThe sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) is believed to be among the oldest of living species, having existed in much its…Mockingbird, NorthernMississippi’s official state bird, the northern mockingbird, is known to science as Mimus polyglottos—“mimic of many voices.” Initially selected through…Vaiden, Merritt GordonMerritt Gordon Vaiden was born in Jackson, Mississippi, on 31 October 1893 and was educated at the University of Kentucky,…Wailes, Benjamin L. C.Benjamin Leonard Covington Wailes was born in Columbia County, Georgia, on 1 August 1797, the oldest of nine children of…WoodpeckersNearly four hundred species of birds are known from Mississippi, including nine woodpeckers. These birds are well known for excavating…
Magnolia, SouthernThe southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora), with its shiny, heavy, evergreen leaves and its fragrant, creamy-white blossoms, is one of the…
Mississippi Sandhill CraneThe sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) is believed to be among the oldest of living species, having existed in much its…
Mockingbird, NorthernMississippi’s official state bird, the northern mockingbird, is known to science as Mimus polyglottos—“mimic of many voices.” Initially selected through…
Vaiden, Merritt GordonMerritt Gordon Vaiden was born in Jackson, Mississippi, on 31 October 1893 and was educated at the University of Kentucky,…
Wailes, Benjamin L. C.Benjamin Leonard Covington Wailes was born in Columbia County, Georgia, on 1 August 1797, the oldest of nine children of…
WoodpeckersNearly four hundred species of birds are known from Mississippi, including nine woodpeckers. These birds are well known for excavating…
