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|accepted_name=Scleropodium obtusifolium
|accepted_authority=(Mitten) Kindberg in J. Macoun
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in J. Macoun, Cat. Canad. Pl., Musci,
|place=202. 1892
|year=1892
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Stereodon obtusifolius
|authority=Mitten
|rank=species
|publication_title=J. Linn. Soc., Bot.
|publication_place=8: 42. 1864
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Brachytheciaceae;Scleropodium;Scleropodium obtusifolium
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Brachytheciaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Scleropodium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Scleropodium obtusifolium]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=page 464
|treatment_page=page 466
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>medium-sized to large, in moderately loose mats, green to golden green. <b>Stems</b> to 15 cm, leafy shoots 0.7–1.3 mm wide, branches julaceous. <b>Stem</b> leaves closely imbricate, broadly ovate to ovate-oblong, 1.1–1.5 × 0.6–0.9(–1.3) mm; margins slightly serrulate, often appearing entire due to incurved margins; apex abruptly narrowed, obtuse or shortly apiculate; costal terminal spine absent; alar cells quadrate to short-rectangular, 10–15 × 10–12 µm, walls moderately thick, region small, indistinctly delimited; laminal cells 40–65 × 5–6 µm; basal juxtacostal cells elongate, 10–25 × 5–7 µm. <b>Seta</b> 1–1.5 cm, strongly roughened throughout. <b>Capsule</b> inclined. <b>Spores</b> 10–16 µm.</span><!--

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|habitat=Rock and soil in wet places, temporarily submerged, along streams and small creek banks
|elevation=low to high elevations (0-2700 m)
|distribution=B.C.;Alaska;Ariz.;Calif.;Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.
|discussion=<p>The elongate basal juxtacostal cells and strongly tumid habit of <i>Scleropodium obtusifolium</i> are similar to <i>S. touretii</i>, to which this species is related. Leaf apices are obtuse in <i>S. obtusifolium</i>, but under a stereomicroscope or hand lens they may appear somewhat pointed. In <i>S. touretii</i>, the acumen is at least several cells in length, whereas leaves of <i>S. obtusifolium</i> lack an acumen. The stems are sometimes floating; the branches are tumid and often arching.</p>
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name=Scleropodium obtusifolium
|authority=(Mitten) Kindberg in J. Macoun
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Stereodon obtusifolius
|family=Brachytheciaceae
|habitat=Rock and soil in wet places, temporarily submerged, along streams and small creek banks
|elevation=low to high elevations (0-2700 m)
|distribution=B.C.;Alaska;Ariz.;Calif.;Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.
|reference=None
|publication title=in J. Macoun, Cat. Canad. Pl., Musci,
|publication year=1892
|special status=Endemic;Illustrated
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|genus=Scleropodium
|species=Scleropodium obtusifolium
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