Plant Life Spans and Flowering Frequency
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Plants classify by life span as annual, biennial, or perennial, and by flowering frequency as monocarpic, flowering once, or polycarpic, flowering repeatedly.
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Bamboo is monocarpic, growing vegetatively for years while accumulating reserves before a flowering event that ends its life.
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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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