Monocots - Database of anatomical images

0205-0208 Carex apropinquata Schumach.

First Collector	Schumach.
Collection Date	2010-06-15
Country	Switzerland
Province	Argovia
Latitude	NA
Longitude	NA
Altitude	30
Habitat	Perennial, fen, hill zone.

Anatomical description of culm

Culm-diameter 1-2 mm, wall thin, radius of culm in relation to wall thickness approximately 1: 0.25 or < 0.25. Outline circular with a smooth surface. Culm-center hollow and surrounded by many large thin-walled, not lignified cells. Center with net-like a

Anatomical description of rhyzom

Rhizome diameter 2-4.99 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