Monocots - Database of anatomical images

0197-0200 Carex alba Scop.

First Collector	Scop.
Collection Date	2011-04-02
Country	Switzerland
Province	Schwyz
Latitude	NA
Longitude	NA
Altitude	500
Habitat	Perennial. Beech forest, hill zone.

Anatomical description of culm

Culm center full, radius of culm in relation to wall thickness 1:1. circular wavy. Culm-center full, containing unlignified cells. Center with net-like aerenchyma (stellate). Epidermis smooth. Epidermis cells inside thin, peripheral thicker-walled (ligni

Anatomical description of rhyzom

Rhizome diameter 1-1.99 mm, Rhizome center full, containing lignified cells. Endodermis absent.With cortex/central cylinder separation. Endodermis present. Endodermis cells u-shaped, thick walled. Cells in the cortex round. Vascular bundles in the cortex