Species Summary

BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary

Ulota obtusiuscula

Scientific Name:

Ulota obtusiuscula C. Mull. & Kindb. in Mac. & Kindb.

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Classification / Taxonomy

Scientific Name - Concept Reference:

Anderson, L.E., H.A. Crum, and W.R. Buck. 1990. List of the mosses of North America north of Mexico. The Bryologist 93(4):448-499.

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Species

Species Group:

Bryophyte

Species Code:

ULOTOBT

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
Plantae	Bryophyta	Bryopsida	Orthotrichales	Orthotrichaceae

Conservation Status / Legal Designation

Global Status:

G4G5 (Feb 2009)

Provincial Status:

SU (Apr 2023)

BC List:

Unknown

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Ulota obtusiuscula is a bark-growing epiphyte occurring in temperate coastal rainforest at low elevations (Vitt, 2003).

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Global Range Comment:

Ulota obtusiuscula is endemic restricted to western North America with a distribution from northern California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia to southern Alaska. It also occurs inland in western Washington and is disjunct in southeastern British Columbia. (Vitt, D.H. 2003).

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References and Related Literature

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2014a. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 28. Bryophytes: Mosses, part 2. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. vii + 702 pp.

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Suggested Citation:

B.C. Conservation Data Centre. Species Summary: Ulota obtusiuscula. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 12, 2026).