Monocots - Database of anatomical images

0592-0595 Carex canescens L.

First Collector	L.
Collection Date	2010-06-05
Country	Germany
Province	BrandenbUrig
Latitude	NA
Longitude	NA
Altitude	20
Habitat	Perennial. Wet meadow, 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. Otline triangular, acutely. Culm-center hollow and surrounded by a few thin-walled, not lignified cells. Center with net-like aerenchyma (stella

Anatomical description of rhyzom

Rhizome diameter 2-4.99 mm, Rhizome center full, containing sclerenchyma. 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 abs