| Name | Sphagnum palustre Linnaeus |
| Authorship | Linnaeus |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Sphagnum |
| Contains | Sphagnum palustre var. congestum (Roll) Bottini Sphagnum palustre var. laxum Röll Sphagnum palustre subsp. pseudocymbifolium (Müller Halle) A. Eddy Sphagnum palustre var. squarrosulum (Nees & Hornschuch) Venturi |
| Holdings | 368 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Sphagnum palustre Linnaeus |
| Identification made in | [no date] (349), 1953 (2), 2002 (3), 2007 (2), 2016 (10), 2023 (1), 2025 (1) |