| Name | Sphagnum nemoreum var. elegans (Braithwaite) Wijk & Margadant |
| Authorship | (Braithwaite) Wijk & Margadant |
| Rank | Variety |
| Placed in | Sphagnum nemoreum Scopoli |
| Citation | 1965 Taxon 14: 198 |
| Holdings | 20 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Sphagnum nemoreum var. elegans (Braithwaite) Wijk & Margadant |
| Identification made in | [no date] (20) |