Monocots - Database of anatomical images

0606-0609 Carex sylvatica Huds.

First Collector	Huds.
Collection Date	2010-05-24
Country	Switzerland
Province	Zurich
Latitude	NA
Longitude	NA
Altitude	830
Habitat	Perennial. Beech forest, hill zone.

Anatomical description of culm

Culm-diameter 2-5 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 thin-walled all around. Large vas

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