February 7 - February 13 Discover nature this week as freezing nights and thawing days cause maple sap to flow best. The Maple tree is found throughout Missouri, and its leaf was the inspiration for the Canadian flag. This species varies in its leaf shapes and lobe spaces. School children are best at identifying maple trees, as nearly every Missouri child has at one time pretended the seed pods were helicopters as they spiral down to the ground in the swirling wind. According to the Missouri