| Name | Polytrichastrum alpinum var. septentrionale (Swartz ex Bridel) G. L. Smith |
| Authorship | (Swartz ex Bridel) G. L. Smith |
| Rank | Variety |
| Placed in | Polytrichastrum alpinum (Hedwig) G. L. Smith |
| Citation | 1971 Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 21(3): 37 |
| Holdings | 13 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Polytrichastrum alpinum var. septentrionale (Swartz ex Bridel) G. L. Smith |
| Identification made in | [no date] (13) |