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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Carex |
| Species: | C. spissa
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| Binomial name | |
| Carex spissa L.H.Bailey ex Hemsl.
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Carex spissa is a species of sedge known by the common name San Diego sedge in the family Cyperaceae.[2][3] It is native to the southwestern United States in California, Arizona,[4] and New Mexico,[5] and far northern Mexico. It grows in wet places such as seeps and streambanks, sometimes on serpentine soils.[5] This sedge looks somewhat like a cattail.[6] 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.
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ "Carex spissa L.H.Bailey ex Hemsl". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
- ^ "Carex spissa L.H.Bailey ex Hemsl". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
- ^ Carex spissa. NatureServe. 2012.
- ^ a b Carex spissa. Flora of North America.
- ^ Carex spissa. The Jepson Manual.