There’s been plenty of chatter (and some chuckling) about the supposed extra digit atop the plate's pretty pine tree. But was ...

In the new version created by Adam Lemire of Gardiner, the tree is an Eastern White Pine, which is Maine’s state tree, and has 16 branches to represent the 16 counties in Maine.

Lemire gave the tree 16 branches to represent the state’s 16 counties. The design was one of 400 submissions Maine’s secretary of state, Shenna Bellows, received.