Day 8
The Life Cycle of a Plant
A plant's life cycle describes how long a plant lives or how long it takes to grow, flower, and set seed. Plants can be either an annual, perennial, or biennial.
Annual: A plant that completes its life cycle in one growing season. it will grow, flower, set seed and die.
Perennial: A plant that live for 3 or more years. It can grow, flower and set seed for many years. Underground parts may regrow new stems as in the case of herbaceous plants, or the stems may live for many years like woody plants (trees).
Biennial: A plant that needs two growing season to complete its life cycle. It grows vegetative (produces leaves) one season. Then it grows dormant or rests over the winter. In the spring, it will begin to grow again and grow flowers, set seed, and dies. The seed that if left behind on the ground germinates and the cycle begins again.
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