Monocots - Database of anatomical images

0425-0428 Carex muricata

First Collector	NA
Collection Date	2011-06-19
Country	Switzerland
Province	Zurich
Latitude	NA
Longitude	NA
Altitude	550
Habitat	Perennial. meadow, hill zone.

Anatomical description of culm

Culm-diameter 0.5-1 mm, center full, radius of culm in relation to wall thickness 1:1. Otline triangular, obtusely. Culm-center full, containing unlignified cells. Center with net-like aerenchyma (stellate). Epidermis cells inside thin, peripheral thicker

Anatomical description of rhyzom

Rhizome diameter 2-4.99 mm, Rhizome center full, containing unlignified 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 cort