Carex spissa - San Diego sedge

San Diego sedge (Carex spissa) is a gray, perennial, grass-like sedge that grows along California creek channels, favoring heavier, often serpentine-based soils.¹ It grows 0.7-1.5 m tall and wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Moist soil¹

Type

• Herb¹
• Perennial¹

Functions

• Fire resistance²

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	0.7-1.5
Diameter (m)	0.7-1.5

Footnotes

1. Carex spissa, San Diego Sedge | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds ↩