Monocots - Database of anatomical images

0213-0219 Carex baldensis L

First Collector	L
Collection Date	1957-07-06
Country	Switzerland
Province	Grisons
Latitude	NA
Longitude	NA
Altitude	2100
Habitat	Perennial. Dry pine forest, subalpine.

Anatomical description of culm

Culm-diameter 1-2 mm, wall very large, radius of culm in relation to wall thickness approximately 1: 0.75. Otline triangular, acutely. Culm-center hollow and surrounded by many large thin-walled, not lignified cells. Center with net-like aerenchyma (stell

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 thick walled all around. Cells in the cortex round. Vascular bundles in the cortex