Sphagnum squarrosumCrome

sphagnum

WFO wfo-0001190208 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Sphagnum squarrosum, photographed by Randal
fig. a Randal, CC0 1.0 / 2022-06-05 / obs. 203619918
Sphagnum squarrosum, photographed by Randal
fig. b Randal, CC0 1.0 / obs. 200643057
Sphagnum squarrosum, photographed by Randal
fig. c Randal, CC0 1.0 / obs. 198298205
Sphagnum squarrosum, photographed by Susan Marley
fig. d Susan Marley, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197870381
Sphagnum squarrosum, photographed by Stephen James McWilliam
fig. e Stephen James McWilliam, CC0 1.0 / obs. 198090523
Sphagnum squarrosum, photographed by Roger Rittmaster
fig. f Roger Rittmaster, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197867985
Sphagnum squarrosum, photographed by Randal
fig. g Randal, CC0 1.0 / obs. 196861762
Sphagnum squarrosum, photographed by Braden J. Judson
fig. h Braden J. Judson, CC0 1.0 / obs. 197679599

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Also published as 54 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Sphagnum crassisetum Brid.
  • Sphagnum cymbifolium var. squarrosum (Crome) Nees & Hornsch.
  • Sphagnum imbricatum var. brachycladum (Warnst.) Röll
  • Sphagnum latifolium var. squarrosum (Crome) Wahlenb.
  • Sphagnum obtusifolium var. crassisetum (Brid.) Sw.
  • Sphagnum semisquarrosum (Russow ex Warnst.) Macoun
  • Sphagnum squarrosum f. brachycladum Warnst.
  • Sphagnum squarrosum f. compactum (Warnst.) C.E.O.Jensen
  • Sphagnum squarrosum f. cuspidatum (Warnst.) Warnst.
  • Sphagnum squarrosum f. densum Russow ex Warnst.
  • Sphagnum squarrosum f. densum (Röll) Warnst.
  • Sphagnum squarrosum f. elegans (Röll) Warnst.
  • Sphagnum squarrosum f. elegans Russow ex Warnst.
  • Sphagnum squarrosum f. flagellare (Röll) Warnst.
  • Sphagnum squarrosum f. gracile Russow ex Warnst.
  • Sphagnum squarrosum f. humile (Schlieph. ex Röll) Röll
  • Sphagnum squarrosum f. imbricatum (Schimp.) C.E.O.Jensen
  • Sphagnum squarrosum f. imbricatum-et-strictum C.E.O.Jensen
  • Sphagnum squarrosum f. immersum (Warnst.) C.L.Beckm. ex Warnst.
  • Sphagnum squarrosum f. molle (Röll) Warnst.
  • Sphagnum squarrosum f. patulum (Röll) Warnst.
  • Sphagnum squarrosum f. pycnocladum Wheldon
  • Sphagnum squarrosum f. robustum (Röll) Warnst.
  • Sphagnum squarrosum f. silvaticum Wheldon

and 30 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite. It has no native range either: Kew's checklist does not cover this taxon.