Why is corn an annual crop?

Answer 1

Oh, dude, corn is an annual crop because it completes its life cycle in one growing season. It's like the fast and furious of the plant world, you know? Plant it, grow it, harvest it, all in one year. So, yeah, corn is like the sprinter of the crop world, not like those lazy perennials taking their sweet time.

Answer 2

No. It is an annual.

Annual = the plant completes its life cycle of sprouting, growing, setting seed and dying in one season (year). Examples: corn, petunias, melons, tomatoes.

Biennial = the plant completes its life cycle in 2 seasons (years). Examples: Cabbage, hollyhocks, beets, carrots.

Perennial = the plant completes its life cycle in three or more seasons (years). Examples: asparagus, strawberries, maple trees, peonies, lavender.

Answer 3

Because it matures in the same growing season that it's planted. Biennial crops, onion for example, do not fully mature until the second season after they are planted.