 The picture on the Maine ME state blue flag is the state coat of arms, which is used on the state seal. Representing Maine's agricultural and maritime industries are a farmer on one side of the shield and a seaman on the other side of the Maine state flag. The lower portion of the shield is a of water, and the upper section sky. A huge pine tree stands for Maine state forests that cover 90 percent of its land. Below the tree lies a moose, now the Maine state animal, indigenous to the state and symbolic of Maine's reverence for wildlife. A North Star glows above the shield, as Maine was the northernmost state at the time of its adoption into the Union. Maine State Flag Adopted: 1909
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