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|accepted_name=Ulota obtusiuscula
|accepted_authority=Müller Hal. & Kindberg in J. Macoun and N. C. Kindberg
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in J. Macoun and N. C. Kindberg, Cat. Canad. Pl., Musci,
|place=82. 1892
|year=1892
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|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Orthotrichum obtusiusculum
|authority=(Müller Hal. & Kindberg) Kindberg
|rank=species
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|name=Ulota alaskana
|authority=Cardot & Thériot
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Orthotrichaceae;Ulota;Ulota obtusiuscula
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Orthotrichaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Ulota]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Ulota obtusiuscula]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=page 50, 73, 74, 75
|treatment_page=page 78
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>1–4 cm. <b>Stems</b> erect. <b>Stem</b> leaves contorted-crisped, some tightly twisted when dry, linear to linear-lanceolate, 1.8–4 mm; base ovate; margins reflexed; apex acute; basal laminal cells elongate, grading to quadrate at margin, pale yellow, walls thick; distal cells 7–13 µm, papillae conic, sometimes large. <b>Specialized</b> asexual reproduction absent. <b>Sexual</b> condition autoicous; perichaetial leaves not differentiated from stem leaves. <b>Seta</b> 2–7(–10) mm. <b>Capsule</b> oblong to oblong-conic, 1.2–2.5 mm, 8-ribbed to 1/2–3/4 length, mouth wide, evenly tapering from mouth to seta; stomata in neck; peristome double; exostome teeth reflexed to recurved, densely and finely papillose; endostome segments 8, finely reticulate. <b>Calyptra</b> conic, very hairy. <b>Spores</b> 24–32 µm.</span><!--

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|habitat=Epiphytic in temperate rainforests
|elevation=low elevations
|distribution=B.C.;Alaska;Calif.;Oreg.;Wash.
|discussion=<p><i>Ulota obtusiuscula</i> has conspicuously twisted and contorted leaves, even when wet. The long capsules, which are not much contracted below the mouth and peristome, remain erect for much of their maturity. The plants are larger than those of <i>U. crispa</i>. <i>Ulota obtusiuscula</i> is distributed from northern California north to southern Alaska, occurring inland in western Washington and disjunct in southeastern British Columbia, whereas <i>U. crispa</i> is confined in North America to the eastern half of the continent, and reports of it from the west are mostly young plants of <i>U. obtusiuscula</i>. On the West Coast, no other species of <i>Ulota</i> has such strongly twisted leaves and forms cushions.</p>
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name=Ulota obtusiuscula
|authority=Müller Hal. & Kindberg in J. Macoun and N. C. Kindberg
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Orthotrichum obtusiusculum;Ulota alaskana
|basionyms=
|family=Orthotrichaceae
|habitat=Epiphytic in temperate rainforests
|elevation=low elevations
|distribution=B.C.;Alaska;Calif.;Oreg.;Wash.
|reference=None
|publication title=in J. Macoun and N. C. Kindberg, Cat. Canad. Pl., Musci,
|publication year=1892
|special status=Endemic
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|genus=Ulota
|species=Ulota obtusiuscula
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