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0465-0468 Carex pauperula Michx.

First Collector	Michx.
Collection Date	2010-07-06
Country	Switzerland
Province	Valais
Latitude	NA
Longitude	NA
Altitude	1700
Habitat	Perennial. Wei meadow, subalpine zone.

Anatomical description of culm

Culm-diameter 1-2 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-w

Anatomical description of rhyzom

Rhizome diameter 1-1.99 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