Investigating Plant Life Cycles

Investigating Plant Life Cycles — page 3
Life Spans A plant's life cycle is not the same as its life span A life span tells how long a plant may live Some plants live only a few weeks Others grow very old A bristlecone pine can live for five thousand years Not all plants die of old age Disease insects drought and fire kill some Others die because of humans Some plants of each species must live long enough to reproduce Otherwise they will become extinct This giant sequoia is known as General Sherman It is more than two thousand years old