Do plants have a lifespan

[panboy]

I have never really thought of this till today....

Do plants have a lifespan?

I just started my planted aquarium not even a year ago, so my plants are not that old, but for any that are many years old, do they just die cause of age?

 

[Da_Oz]

All living things die. So yes they do. How long to what plant I have no idea.

 

[Lateral Line]

Have to agree there. Some of the oldest living things are plants, 4-5,000 years old in some cases, but eventually they will die of old age. Most aquarium plants in the right conditions will live for many many years.

I've never lived in the same place long enough to have had truly old plants, but my first swords I had when I was about 10 were still going strong when I had to rip those tanks down 15 years later.