Monocots - Database of anatomical images

0515-0518 Carex spicata

First Collector	??
Collection Date	2010-06-11
Country	Switzerland
Province	Argovia
Latitude	NA
Longitude	NA
Altitude	380
Habitat	Perennial. meadow, hill zone.

Anatomical description of culm

Culm-diameter 1-2 mm, wall thin, radius of culm in relation to wall thickness approximately 1: 0.25 or < 0.25. Otline triangular, acutely. Culm-center hollow and surrounded by a few thin-walled, not lignified cells. Center with net-like aerenchyma (stella

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