Monocots - Database of anatomical images

0349-0352 Carex nigra (fusca) (L.) Reichard

First Collector	(L.) Reichard
Collection Date	1968-06-23
Country	Switzerland
Province	Schwyz
Latitude	NA
Longitude	NA
Altitude	1130
Habitat	Perennial. meadow, mountaine zone.

Anatomical description of culm

Culm-diameter 1-2 mm, center full, radius of culm in relation to wall thickness 1:1. Otline triangular, acutely. Culm-center full, containing unlignified cells. Center with net-like aerenchyma (stellate). Epidermis papillous (bulliform). Epidermis cells i

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