Monocots - Database of anatomical images

0267-0273 Carex digitata

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

Anatomical description of culm

Culm-diameter 0.5-1 mm, center full, radius of culm in relation to wall thickness 1:1. Outline oval. Culm-center full, containing unlignified cells. Center with net-like aerenchyma (stellate). Epidermis papillous (bulliform). Epidermis cells inside thin,

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 as a sclerenchymatic belt. Cells in the cortex round. Vascular bundles in the cortex pre