Carex spissa is a species of sedge known by the common name San Diego sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to the southwestern United States in California, Arizona,Carex spissa. NatureServe. 2012. and New Mexico,Carex spissa. Flora of North America. and far northern Mexico. It grows in wet places such as seeps and streambanks, sometimes on serpentine soils. This sedge looks somewhat like a cattail.Carex spissa. The Jepson Manual. It produces angled stems easily exceeding a meter in height surrounded by leathery green to reddish leaves up to about 1.2 meters long. The inflorescence is up to 80 centimeters long, with many long reddish brown flower spikes, each holding up to 300 developing fruits.
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USDA Plants Profile for Carex spissa Carex spissa — UC Photo gallery