| 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) | 
