Sphagnum wulfianumGirg.

Wulf's sphagnum

WFO wfo-0001190395 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Sphagnum wulfianum, photographed by Tom Scavo
fig. a Tom Scavo, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-10-05 / obs. 98986928
Sphagnum wulfianum, photographed by Étienne Lacroix-Carignan
fig. b Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0 1.0 / obs. 138495671
Sphagnum wulfianum, photographed by Brandon Corder
fig. c Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 76108844
Sphagnum wulfianum, photographed by Liren Varghese
fig. d Liren Varghese, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 10035893
Sphagnum wulfianum, photographed by Brandon Corder
fig. e Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 161254952
Sphagnum wulfianum, photographed by er-birds
fig. f er-birds, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 143295886
Sphagnum wulfianum, photographed by Allan Harris
fig. g Allan Harris, CC0 1.0 / obs. 105939868
Sphagnum wulfianum, photographed by naturalist charlie
fig. h naturalist charlie, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 86855324

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Also published as 14 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 pycnocladum Ångstr.
  • Sphagnum wulfianum f. congestum Russow
  • Sphagnum wulfianum f. pumilum (Warnst. ex Zick.) Warnst.
  • Sphagnum wulfianum f. remotum Russow
  • Sphagnum wulfianum f. robustum Warnst.
  • Sphagnum wulfianum subf. squarrulosum (Russow) Warnst.
  • Sphagnum wulfianum var. fuscescens Warnst.
  • Sphagnum wulfianum var. pumilum Warnst. ex Zick.
  • Sphagnum wulfianum var. squarrosulum Russow ex Warnst.
  • Sphagnum wulfianum var. squarrulosum Russow
  • Sphagnum wulfianum var. versicolor Warnst.
  • Sphagnum wulfianum var. viride Warnst.
  • Sphagnum wulfii Lindb.
  • Sphagnum wulfii var. squarrosulum Braithw.

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.