if plants can age and if they can die of old age.

Question

I am wondering if plants can die of old age. I have never witnessed a plant just get grey and die, so do plants age and if so, how?

Trees and others obv get bigger, but I’m wondering if their existence has a built in limit, like mammals do.

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Answer 1

Plant don’t age.

Some may be programmed to spend all the resources and self destruct in order to produce as many seeds as possible and die, but no plants age the way people do. Trees may die of disease or succumb to pests, rot or harsh weather, but they will not die simply because they are too old.