Monocots - Database of anatomical images

0441-0444 Carex ornithopoda

First Collector	NA
Collection Date	2011-05-29
Country	Switzerland
Province	Nidwalden
Latitude	NA
Longitude	NA
Altitude	1650
Habitat	Perennial. meadow, mountain 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 cells thick walled all around. Cells in the cortex round. Vascular bundles in the cortex present. Vascular bundles in central cylinde dispersed arranged. Vascular bund