Carex riparia Curtis
Great Pond-sedge, Greater Pond-sedge

Carex ripariaCurtis - Great Pond-sedge, Greater Pond-sedge, Leaf blade - below ligule - by transmitted light - enlarged

Image 0001: Leaf blade - below ligule - by transmitted light - enlarged

Note asymmetrical, rounded ligule and comparatively broad "cells" of aerenchyma (compared to C. acutiformis)

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Magnification  macro-photographmacro-photograph
Equipment used Specimen directly scanned on HP Scanjet 5470c flatbed scanner. For some photographs of some specimens (eg leaf mines) the transparency adaptor was used.
Photographer Malcolm Storey
Image Copyright Copyright © Malcolm Storey, 2004, www.bioimages.org.uk. Some rights reserved.
High resolution image available Yes
Image Reference P50031
Date 14 Aug 2004
OS grid ref SU56
Lat/Lon 51° 30' N, 1° 10' W
Location Berks, VC22, England
Record summary in slight depression
Return to Record page Carex riparia on 14 Aug 2004 at SU56 in Berks
Return to Taxon page Carex riparia