Do trees die from old age? how and why?
In: Biology
Trees have indefinite growth which means they grow throughout their life continuously.
Trees, as they grow, produce a lot of dead, lignified cells that provide support to the tree and protection to its heart; the main vessels that carry water at the very centre. They don’t die of old age, because they dont become old, they’re kind of eternal.
Unless ofcourse someone chops them down for the sake of civilization, or wood boreing insects or fungi get past the protective barrier and wreak havoc on relatively tender life force of the tree. That is hard to do, but not impossible, so yeah that can make a tree die.
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