| Name | Polytrichum piliferum var. hyperboreum (R. Brown) Müll. Stuttg. | 
| Authorship | (R. Brown) Müll. Stuttg. | 
| Rank | Variety | 
| Placed in | Polytrichum piliferum Hedwig | 
| Citation | 1848 Syn. Musc. Frond. 1: 218 | 
| Holdings | 17 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Polytrichum piliferum var. hyperboreum (R. Brown) Müll. Stuttg. | 
| Identification made in | [no date] (17) |