| Name | Polytrichum alpinum Hedwig |
| Authorship | Hedwig |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Polytrichum |
| Contains | Polytrichum alpinum var. voraginum H. Möller |
| Citation | 1801 [1 Jan 1801] Sp. Musc. Frond. 92, t. 19, fig. 2 b |
| Holdings | 6 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Polytrichum alpinum Hedwig |
| Identification made in | [no date] (6) |