Biology / Unit 11 Bio 2631 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Plant Life Spans and Flowering Frequency
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The idea
Plants classify by life span as annual, biennial, or perennial, and by flowering frequency as monocarpic, flowering once, or polycarpic, flowering repeatedly.
In practice
Bamboo is monocarpic, growing vegetatively for years while accumulating reserves before a flowering event that ends its life.
Where people slip
A documented life span, such as a specific bristlecone pine's age, is a recorded observation, not a fixed ceiling for the species.
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