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On boulders near glacier snout, Alt. 700 ft. Floor of corrie, below Hodges Glacier. South Georgia

Very wet, north-facing slope on steep cliff ledges. Alt. 50-100 ft. Tower Island. Antarctic Peninsula, Trinity Peninsula, West Coast

Flat square (2x2 m) on rock. Alt. 20 m. Cuverville Island. Antarctic Peninsula, Danco Coast

West wind volcanic beach, volcanic debris nr. lagoon, scattered. Bouvetoya

Moist area near stream. Alt. 40 ft. Behind Grytviken whaling station. South Georgia

At edge of soil polygons on gentle west facing slope. Alt. c. 80 ft. East shore of Lake 5, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

At edge of soil polygons on gentle west-facing slope. Alt. c. 80 ft. East shore of Lake 5, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

On stony ground, Alt. c 250 ft. Above Gull Lake, Cumberland East Bay. South Georgia

Forming large carpets beside snow melt streams, Alt. c. 50 ft. Avian Island, off south coast of Adelaide Island. Antarctic Peninsula, Fallieres Coast

Wet rocks by shore, Alt. 10 ft. Olivine Point, Coronation Island. South Orkney Islands

Wet rocks, Alt. 150 ft. Near The Divide, east side of Matthews Island. South Orkney Islands

Wet rocks by coast, Alt. 50 ft. Promontory west of John Peaks, Powell Island. South Orkney Islands

Wet ground below cliffs, Alt. 50 ft. Mansfield Point, Coronation Island. South Orkney Islands

Forming extensive cover on gentle wet slope, Alt. 30 ft. West of Mirounga Flats, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

Wet rocks near penguin colony, Alt. 50 ft. Shingle Cove, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

Alt. 10-50 ft. Lynch Island. South Orkney Islands

Dry pocket of soil on stony ridge, Alt. c. 30 ft. Near the base, Admiralty Bay, King George Island. South Shetland Islands

Locally abundant on moist north-facing rock faces and ledges with Deschampsia, Bryum and Tortula, Alt. 50-75 ft. Hermit Island, Arthur Harbour, Anvers Island, Danco Coast. Antarctic Peninsula, Danco Coast

Locally frequent on moist soil, rock ledges and pockets of soil, Alt. 25-50 ft. Hermit Island, Arthur Harbour, Anvers Island, Danco Coast. Antarctic Peninsula, Danco Coast

In Drepanocladus-community, on flat places on S/SW side of the hill, in dry melt-water streams enriched with guano. Alt. 10-15 m. On highest hill on NW-side of Cuverville Island near the coast. Antarctic Peninsula, Danco Coast

Dry mineral soil between Deschampsia antarctica. Alt. 15 m. On NW-side of the hill, Cuverville Island. Antarctic Peninsula, Danco Coast

Crevices of moist rock, Alt. c. 150 ft. Foot of Carcellas Peak, near snout of Harker Glacier, Moraine Fjord, Cumberland East Bay. South Georgia

Rostkovia bog and rock outcrops, Alt. 0-20 ft. Behind Husvik, Stromness Bay. South Georgia

Sheltered loose rocks, occasional inundation by nearby stream, Alt. 400 ft. South-facing scree slope of Roche Peak, Bird Island. South Georgia

Submerged in stream, Alt. c. 200 ft. Slopes above the north end of Sacramento Bight, Royal Bay. South Georgia

On thin soil above rock, Alt. 100 ft. East-facing slopes by stream running into south of Husvik Harbour, Stromness Bay. South Georgia

Moist rock ledge, Alt. 600 ft. East-facing scree slopes, head of Whale Valley. South Georgia

In dried-up melt runnels. Dry soil on raised beaches, rock depressions etc. Alt. 15-50 m. N side, Jenny Island. Antarctic Peninsula

Moist depressions and edge of moss banks, Alt. 20-60 m. Northeast to northwest slope, Green Island, Berthelot Islands, Graham Coast. Antarctic Peninsula, Graham Coast

Moist soil, Alt. 20-200 m. West side Cape Hansen, Coronation Island. South Orkney Islands

In Drepanocladus mat on raised beach, Alt. 17 m. Stranger Point, King George Island. South Shetland Islands

Pohlia-Polytrichum vegetation on ash slopes, Alt. 150 ft. Under crag projecting through north end of ice cap, Candlemas Island. South Sandwich Islands

Forming large patch on steep north facing slope of small ash, Above penguin rookery by southern shore of eastern lagoon, Candlemas Island. South Sandwich Islands

On steep east facing scree slope. Alt. c. 80 ft. West end of Church Bay. South Georgia

Alt. c. 80 ft. Well-vegetated off-shore island, west end of Church Bay. South Georgia

On rock in stream. near mouth of Ceritos Arroyo, Darwin Settlement, East Falklands. Falkland Islands

In damp rock crevice, Alt. 750 ft. West side of Wave Peak Buttress, Coronation Island. South Orkney Islands

Wet cliff face above shore, Alt. 10 ft. Between Poa Cove and Alert Cove, Maiviken, Cumberland West Bay. South Georgia

Rocks on lake margin, Stoney Ridge, Marion Island. Prince Edward Islands

Sawyer Creek Valley, South of Green Gorge. Macquarie Island

Small cushion on wet, sheltered rock surface. Alt. 150 m. Rock outcrop on southern slopes of Crique de Navire, Possession Island. Crozet

In rock crevices. Alt. c. 750ft. West slopes of Spencer Peak, Cumberland West Bay. South Georgia

Fuegia occidentalis, Isla Clarence, Estero Staples, ad saxa inundata. South America, Chile

Tierra del Fuego australis, Cerro Garibaldi NW, pared de roca esquista muy humeda, c. 500 m.s.m., copiosamente. South America, Argentina

Encrusting soil and hepatics in hollows between Festuca dominated hummocks, Alt. c. 35 ft. Hestesletten, Cumberland East Bay. South Georgia

On rocks on exposed summit, Alt. 250 m. Summit of ridge on south-side of Wirik Bay. South Georgia

In rock crevice, Alt. c. 50 ft. north side of Observation Bluff, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

Dry shaded rock crevices and underside of stones; sometimes exposed to sun. Alt. 35m. SSSI area, Bailey Peninsula. Also at "Penguin Pass" Budd Coast. Antarctica, Wilkes Sector

In crevices in schist, hidden from wind, Alt. c. 1050 m. Herbert Mountains, Shackleton Range. Antarctica, Scotia Sector

On schist, Lister Heights, Shackleton Range. Antarctica, Scotia Sector