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

Short answer: yes

Many plants are annuals and only live a single year, but all plants age and die, even ones we think of as being permanent, like big trees; beech trees, for example, have a lifespan of around 80 years.