… what kind of tree would you be?
I’d be yew.
I bet yew wood.
I’d be a bristlecone pine, myself.
Possibly a White Oak (Quercus albans)
Or maybe a nice gnarled Juniper on a mesa top.
I’d want to be a willow tree, but I imagine I’d probably be a pecan tree since I’m so nuts.
A pussy willow. 
Hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee…
Yeah, it’s time for bed.
-Loopus
The larch.
Knowing my luck, I’d be every dog’s favorite.
Avocado tree.
One of the longest living trees in the world. There’s a 400 year-old Avocado tree in Mexico right now. And it still yeilds fruit.
I’m growing one now, in my front yard. I started it as a seed (got it from Chevy’s restuarant - it was a campaign to prove their avocado dip was fresh - they’ll give you the seed!). The seed came in a little baggie with instructions. So I tried it out.
That was six years ago. The tree is near the roof of the house now. Amazing. I feel like a parent. I can’t wait for birds to start living in it. I have to admit, there’s a great sense of satisfaction - of giving back to the planet - when you’re caring for a tree.
Jet Black
Ash.
Call me Yggdrasil.
I’d be a Scots Pine. I’d have a tall bare trunk with beautiful red-brown bark, and I’d have clusters of long bluish green needles.
I’d be a coconut palm. Cause then i’d get to live near tropical beaches, and be one of the most useful pan-tropical plants. Plus my minions…i mean children would spread like weeds to any beach amenable enough to support us :).
I’d either be a redwood or a strangler vine.
[hijack]You know, I remember as a little kid being scared to death when I found out that baobabs were real, because I fully believed that they would grow and grow and grow until they eventually tore the planet apart just like in The Little Prince.[/hijack]
Anyway. Right now, I’d be a live oak full of Spanish moss. Ah, I miss Louisiana…
I’d be a white oak.
Ways in which I’m Similar to a White Oak
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[li]Indigenous to central Illinois.[/li][li]Large.[/li][li]Take a long time to mature.[/li][/ul]
I’d be a Maple Tree because much like a Maple, I ooze fluid when you stab me with a spigot.
A money tree of course–that’s what my parents were. Or at least that’s what they told me. I think. confused look
Wet! Oh wait, this isn’t the masturbation thread.
A redwood.
Just cuz I like 'em so much.