Monocots - Database of anatomical images

0457-0460 Carex panicea L.

First Collector	L.
Collection Date	2010-06-16
Country	Switzerland
Province	Argovia
Latitude	NA
Longitude	NA
Altitude	380
Habitat	Perennial. Wet meadow, subalpine zone.

Anatomical description of culm

Culm-diameter 1-2 mm, wall very large, radius of culm in relation to wall thickness approximately 1: 0.75. Outline circular wavy. Culm-center hollow and surrounded by many large thin-walled, not lignified cells. Center with net-like aerenchyma (stellate).

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 u-shaped, thick walled. Cells in the cortex round. Vascular bundles in the corte