Puzzle Sugar Maple Leaves Autumn Splendor

It's fall in southern Canada and sugar maple leaves show bright colors, warm and cheerful, as the leaves are changing from green to yellow, orange, bright red and burgundy. The change occurs every autumn when the weather gets cooler and the maple tree stops making chlorophyll, which creates the green pigment. The leaves fall and blanket the earth in a coat of many colors. The maple leaf has been used in Canada since the mid-19th century, when French Canadian settlers chose a green leaf as their emblem, and the English Canadians chose a gold one. Later, in 1965, the maple leaf was used in the new flag of Canada, a red leaf with red borders at sides. There are ten native species of maple tree (Acer) in Canada, and while the flag is intended to represent all varieties of maple trees, the leaf most closely resembles the sugar maple. In early spring, the sugar maple is tapped for its sweet sap, which is boiled down to create genuine delicious Canadian maple syrup! Original nature photo M Sylvia Chaume, Canada. Happy blessings!