Monocots - Database of anatomical images

0153-0156 Schoenus ferrugineus

First Collector	NA
Collection Date	1959-06-04
Country	Switzerland
Province	Berne
Latitude	NA
Longitude	NA
Altitude	550
Habitat	Perennial. Wet meadow, mountaine zone.

Anatomical description of culm

Culm-diameter 0.5-1 mm, wall very large, radius of culm in relation to wall thickness approximately 1: 0.75. Outline circular wavy. Outline oval. Culm-center hollow and surrounded by a few thin-walled, not lignified cells. Center with net-like aerenchyma

Anatomical description of rhyzom

Rhizome diameter 0.5-0.99 mm, Rhizome center full, containing sclerenchyma. Endodermis absent.With cortex/central cylinder separation. Endodermis present. Endodermis cells thick walled all around. Cells in the cortex round. Vascular bundles in the cortex