| Name | Sphagnum fuscum var. pallescens Warnstorf |
| Authorship | Warnstorf |
| Rank | Variety |
| Placed in | Sphagnum fuscum (Schimper) H. Klinggräff |
| Citation | 1897 Schriften Naturf. Ges. Danzig 9(2): 154 |
| Holdings | 7 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Sphagnum fuscum var. pallescens Warnstorf |
| Identification made in | [no date] (7) |