''Carex spissa'' is a species of
sedge
The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus '' Carex'' ...
known by the common name San Diego sedge. It is native to the southwestern United States in
California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...
,
Arizona
Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...
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[''Carex spissa''.]
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New Mexico
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, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Tiguex
, OfficialLang = None
, Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ke ...
,
[''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
''Typha'' is a genus of about 30 species of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the family Typhaceae. These plants have a variety of common names, in British English as bulrush or reedmace, in American English as reed, cattail, or punks, in ...
.[''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
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a Plant stem, stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphology (biology), Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of sperma ...
is up to 80 centimeters long, with many long reddish brown flower spikes, each holding up to 300 developing fruits.
References
External links
USDA Plants Profile for ''Carex spissa''''Carex spissa'' — UC Photo gallery
spissa
Flora of Arizona
Flora of California
Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Plants described in 1886
Ornamental grass
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