Friday, May 17, 2013

Trivia Friday: Do plants die of old age?

Common knowledge tells us that every living thing will inevitably die, eventually.

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ScienceFocus says that, given optimum conditions, some plants can live forever. It takes a change in external conditions to finish them off.

Annual plants, however, usually die soon after seeding.

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