| Name | Sphagnum compactum var. brachycladum Röll |
| Authorship | Röll |
| Rank | Variety |
| Placed in | Sphagnum compactum de Candolle |
| Citation | 1913 Webbia 4: 127 |
| Holdings | 6 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Sphagnum compactum var. brachycladum Röll |
| Identification made in | [no date] (6) |