Monocots - Database of anatomical images

0485-0488 Carex pulicaris L.

First Collector	L.
Collection Date	2011-06-29
Country	Switzerland
Province	Berne
Latitude	NA
Longitude	NA
Altitude	1450
Habitat	Perennial. fen, mountaine zone.

Anatomical description of culm

Culm-diameter 0.5-1 mm, center full, radius of culm in relation to wall thickness 1:1. Outline pentagonal or hexagonal. Culm-center full, containing unlignified cells. Center with net-like aerenchyma (stellate). Epidermis cells thick-walled all around. La

Anatomical description of rhyzom

Rhizome diameter 1-1.99 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