| Name | Sphagnum squarrosum var. spectabile Russow |
| Authorship | Russow |
| Rank | Variety |
| Placed in | Sphagnum squarrosum Crome |
| Citation | 1890 Bot. Gaz. (London) 15: 224 |
| Holdings | 15 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Sphagnum squarrosum var. spectabile Russow |
| Identification made in | [no date] (15) |