If you were a government plant, what type of government plant would you be?
I would be a Sabal Palm, the state tree of Florida.
Ubiquitous throughout the state in both the northern and southern portions. Fairly cold hardy and durable during hurricanes.
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The state flower of Minnesota
Perhaps aloe.
...so I'd be to the left of him. 
NH state flower
Massachusetts state plant/flower
Which I already knew, except for this:
Epigaea repens
Other common names.—Gravel plant, Mayflower, shadflower, ground laurel, mountain pink, winter pink. Habitat and range.—Trailing- arbutus spread out on the ground in sandy soil, being found from Newfoundland to Michigan and Saskatchewan and south to Kentucky and Florida. Description.—This plant, generally referred to in the drug trade as gravel plant but more popularly known as ''trailing-arbutus" spreads on the ground with stem 6 or more in length. It has rust-colored, hairy twigs bearing leathery, evergreen leaves from 1 to 3 inches long and about half as wide. The flower clusters, which appear from March to May, consist of fragrant, delicate, shell pink, waxy blossoms. Part used.—The leaves, gathered at flowering time.
The "drug trade"??
What drugs are they speaking of?
hmmmm...maybe we don't really need legalized pot in Mass?
My favorite tree at one of my favorite forest preserves was a White Oak. I miss him terribly. On the day before I left for AZ, I went to see him and picked up a couple of acorns off the ground. I still have them. He comforted me at some very difficult times. I have no idea how old he was, how tall or the circumference of his trunk. I know he was old, had a gorgeous, massive canopy and was the most beautiful tree I had ever seen.
It would also mean that I could get out of Arizona.
This isn't him, but it's close enough.
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A redwood in Redwood National Park in northern California.
